Flash Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA

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WGUS71 KLWX 232100
FFSLWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
500 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

VAC069-171-WVC031-232315-
/O.CON.KLWX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130523T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SHENANDOAH VA-FREDERICK VA-HARDY WV-
500 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL HARDY...SOUTHERN FREDERICK AND NORTHERN SHENANDOAH
COUNTIES...

AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
FIRST ROUND OF STORMS...WHICH CAUSED AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN...WAS MOVING EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. A SECOND AREA OF
PRECIPITATION...MOVING FROM HARDY COUNTY INTO SHENANDOAH
COUNTY...COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IN AREAS THAT ARE
ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE EARLIER RAIN.

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

LAT...LON 3930 7826 3921 7813 3921 7814 3920 7819
      3918 7820 3916 7820 3889 7854 3879 7871
      3892 7894 3897 7888 3913 7856 3909 7851
      3911 7846

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