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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1101 PM EDT SUN SEP 29 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...
SOUTH RIVER NEAR WAYNESBORO AFFECTING AUGUSTA AND CITY OF
WAYNESBORO INDEPENDENT CITIES.
FOR THE SOUTH RIVER...INCLUDING WAYNESBORO...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON OR
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 7 AM EDT.MONDAY MORNING AT 1115
AM EDT.
VAC015-820-301515-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0045.240930T1115Z-241001T2137Z/
/WAYV2.2.ER.240930T1115Z.240930T1800Z.241001T1536Z.NO/
1101 PM EDT SUN SEP 29 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH RIVER NEAR WAYNESBORO.
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF DOWNTOWN
WAYNESBORO ARE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:15 PM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.3 FEET, OR 3.2 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 11.1 FEET EARLY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TUESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
11.4 FEET ON 09/05/1979.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED MON MON MON CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 2AM 8AM 2PM STG TIME DATE
SOUTH RIVER
WAYNESBORO 9.5 6.3 SUN 10 PM 7.4 9.8 11.1 11.1 2PM MON
LAT...LON 3805 7898 3809 7892 3817 7890 3827 7885
3823 7880 3807 7884 3801 7892
ADM
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