571  
WGUS71 KAKQ 100231  
FFSAKQ  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA  
1031 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025  
 
MDC039-100445-  
/O.CON.KAKQ.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-250710T0445Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
SOMERSET MD-  
1031 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2025  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT THURSDAY  
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY...  
 
AT 1031 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS  
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES  
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE  
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.  
 
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...  
MARION STATION, LAWSONIA, HOPEWELL, FAIRMOUNT, KINGSTON, UPPER  
FAIRMOUNT, BYRDTOWN, UPPER HILL, RUMBLEY, MANOKIN AND REHOBETH.  
 
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. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN  
WATER BEGINS RISING.  
 
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING BY CALLING 757-899-2415, POSTING TO THE NWS  
WAKEFIELD FACEBOOK PAGE, OR USING X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3792 7589 3796 7589 3796 7586 3798 7586  
3797 7590 3804 7587 3802 7584 3804 7584  
3807 7578 3806 7587 3808 7588 3814 7581  
3814 7575 3803 7565 3794 7575 3795 7577  
3789 7587 3790 7591  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
 
 
 
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