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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1059 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN SHENANDOAH COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT.
* AT 1059 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO 1 INCH IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH 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...
FRONT ROYAL...
STRASBURG... STEPHENS CITY...
STAR TANNERY... MIDDLETOWN...
CHESTER GAP... MAURERTOWN...
TOMS BROOK... RELIANCE...
CLARY... BUCKTON...
FORT VALLEY... CEDARVILLE...
FISHERS HILL... RIVERTON...
NINEVEH... HIGH VIEW MANOR...
RIVERSIDE... DILBECK...
HAPPY CREEK IN DOWNTOWN FRONT ROYAL IS RISING RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED
TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY IF NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3920 7844 3923 7841 3927 7840 3931 7822
3920 7819 3914 7820 3914 7818 3904 7815
3901 7810 3902 7806 3899 7801 3891 7808
3889 7806 3889 7811 3878 7820 3876 7827
3882 7837 3885 7837 3905 7855 3917 7841
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
DHOF
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