Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA

Home | Current Version | Previous Version | Text Only | Print | Product List | Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 
000
WGUS81 KLWX 221838
FLSLWX

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
238 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

VAC165-WVC031-222130-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FA.Y.0001.130522T1838Z-130522T2130Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROCKINGHAM VA-HARDY WV-
238 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HARDY COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
  NORTH CENTRAL ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 235 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF
HEAVY RAINFALL THAT HAS MOVED THROUGH NORTHERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL HARDY COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT NEARLY
1.25 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. AN
ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL HARDY COUNTY OVER THE
NEXT HOUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3875 7908 3876 7906 3877 7907 3901 7903
      3898 7880 3881 7883 3877 7886 3875 7884
      3872 7885 3872 7908

$$

HEAVENER
USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state and local government web resources and services.