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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
400 PM EDT TUE MAY 4 2021
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PAGE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL SHENANDOAH COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 400 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
LURAY... BROADWAY...
TIMBERVILLE... MOUNT JACKSON...
NEW MARKET... LEAKSVILLE...
HAMBURG... QUICKSBURG...
FAIRVIEW... KIMBALL...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. MINOR FLOODING WAS RECENTLY REPORTED IN SHENANDOAH
COUNTY AND WILL LIKELY WORSEN AS RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3876 7836 3869 7836 3867 7835 3865 7844
3862 7852 3857 7873 3858 7880 3868 7877
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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