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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

355 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-MONTGOMERY MD-LOUDOUN VA-

355 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...AND LOUDOUN AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...



AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH THE 

REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS IS A SERIOUS 

SITUATION. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKVILLE...

POOLESVILLE...OLNEY...NORTH POTOMAC...MONTGOMERY VILLAGE...

GERMANTOWN...GAITHERSBURG...FAIRLAND...DAMASCUS...COLESVILLE...

BOYDS...ASPEN HILL...ROUND HILL...PURCELLVILLE...LEESBURG AND

BLUEMONT



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 

INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE 

USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS 

POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING 

FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3927 7714 3925 7707 3913 7695 3913 7689

      3897 7701 3889 7691 3879 7704 3881 7703

      3891 7707 3898 7724 3902 7725 3906 7733

      3885 7754 3894 7764 3901 7796 3908 7786

      3932 7772 3930 7758 3922 7746 3935 7718



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