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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
359 PM 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 AT FRONT ROYAL AFFECTING WARREN
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 LATE TONIGHT AT 400 AM EDT.
VAC187-010800-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0048.241001T1612Z-241002T0712Z/
/FROV2.1.ER.241001T1612Z.241001T1800Z.241002T0112Z.NO/
359 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER AT FRONT ROYAL.
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, BACKWATER BEGINS TO CREEP UP LURAY AVENUE
TOWARD THE RAILROAD TRESTLE. A RIVERSIDE PARKING AREA AT THE END
OF LURAY AVENUE IS FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:15 PM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET, OR 4.8 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 12.3 FEET EARLY
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
12.3 FEET ON 12/05/1948.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED MON TUE TUE
CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 8PM 2AM 8AM
STG TIME DATE
SOUTH FORK SHENANDOAH RIVER
FRONT ROYAL 12.0 7.2 MON 3 PM 7.4 9.1 11.3
12.3 2PM TUE
LAT...LON 3883 7838 3886 7835 3896 7824 3897 7821
3892 7816 3888 7821 3879 7832
BJL
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