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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
357 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 LURAY AFFECTING PAGE 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.
VAC139-302000-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0047.241001T0420Z-241002T1500Z/
/SFSV2.1.ER.241001T0420Z.241001T1800Z.241002T0900Z.NO/
357 AM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER NEAR LURAY.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, PORTIONS OF KAUFMANN MILL ROAD, GANDERS
DRIVE, AND EGYPT BEND ROAD BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:45 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET, OR 5.0 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 15.2 FEET EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.2 FEET ON 12/08/1950.
- 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
LURAY 14.0 9.0 MON 3 AM 9.6 10.5 12.7
15.2 2PM TUE
LAT...LON 3850 7867 3853 7865 3868 7856 3883 7838
3879 7832 3866 7846 3847 7859
GEIGER
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