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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
712 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL PAGE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.
* AT 712 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
MADISON... STANARDSVILLE...
BRIGHTWOOD... GRAVES MILL...
HOOD... WOLFTOWN...
FLETCHER... AYLOR...
SHELBY... CRIGLERSVILLE...
MCMULLEN... SYRIA...
BANCO... PRATTS...
HAYWOOD... LYDIA...
ETLAN... AMICUS...
HANEYTOWN... SAINT GEORGE...
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.
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 3833 7858 3846 7847 3852 7836 3853 7823
3844 7812 3841 7815 3836 7823 3829 7837
3826 7844 3825 7852 3826 7856 3830 7863
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
BELAK
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