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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
833 PM EDT MON MAY 5 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.
* AT 833 PM EDT, LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING DUE
TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3.5
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 HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...FIRE DEPARTMENT 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...
PURCELLVILLE... BRUNSWICK...
MIDDLEBURG... ROUND HILL...
HARPERS FERRY... LOVETTSVILLE...
BOLIVAR... HILLSBORO...
LINCOLN... NEERSVILLE...
PHILOMONT... MILLVILLE...
SAINT LOUIS...
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.
LAT...LON 3913 7782 3929 7781 3935 7777 3935 7775
3934 7776 3932 7773 3932 7769 3932 7768
3931 7765 3930 7759 3897 7776 3899 7787
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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