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WGUS51 KLWX 311630
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VAC003-125-311930-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1230 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN NELSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.
* AT 1230 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS
1 TO 2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
WINTERGREEN... NELLYSFORD...
COVESVILLE... FABER...
GREENFIELD... NORTH GARDEN...
ALBERENE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3799 7879 3797 7872 3799 7863 3794 7855
3791 7854 3787 7861 3786 7869 3783 7872
3781 7878 3783 7886 3787 7891 3789 7892
3793 7893 3794 7892 3795 7889 3797 7885
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES
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