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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
559 PM EDT FRI OCT 4 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL AUGUSTA COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 559 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
GROTTOES... CRIMORA...
WEYERS CAVE... NEW HOPE...
MOUNT SIDNEY... PORT REPUBLIC...
STAUNTON AIRPORT... MONTEVIDEO...
ROCKY BAR...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3836 7889 3838 7878 3833 7867 3829 7866
3827 7866 3826 7866 3825 7867 3825 7868
3825 7869 3825 7870 3822 7874 3817 7877
3814 7877 3813 7878 3813 7879 3812 7879
3818 7893 3828 7899 3834 7893
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
DHOF
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