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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
356 AM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...
SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER NEAR LYNNWOOD AFFECTING ROCKINGHAM
COUNTY.
FOR THE SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER...INCLUDING LYNNWOOD, LURAY,
FRONT ROYAL...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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 400 PM EDT.
VAC165-302000-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0046.240930T2149Z-241002T0945Z/
/LYWV2.2.ER.240930T2149Z.241001T0600Z.241002T0345Z.NO/
356 AM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER NEAR LYNNWOOD.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, FARMLAND ON BOTH BANKS OF THE RIVER BEGIN
TO FLOOD BETWEEN LYNNWOOD AND PORT REPUBLIC. WATER COVERS FLANK
CIRCLE IN LYNNWOOD AND APPROACHES HOMES IN THAT AREA. PORTIONS OF
POWER DAM ROAD AND CAPTAIN YANCEY ROAD BETWEEN LYNNWOOD AND
BERRYTOWN ARE ALSO FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:45 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET, OR 6.5 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 17.4 FEET JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
17.5 FEET ON 02/18/1998.
- 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 8AM 2PM 8PM
STG TIME DATE
SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER
LYNNWOOD 16.0 9.5 MON 3 AM 11.0 14.6 16.8
17.4 2AM TUE
LAT...LON 3831 7883 3840 7868 3850 7867 3847 7859
3838 7859 3830 7870 3827 7877
GEIGER
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