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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
255 AM EDT Fri Aug 9 2024

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Western Albemarle County in central Virginia...
  Nelson County in central Virginia...
  Southeastern Augusta County in western Virginia...
  The Southeastern City of Staunton in western Virginia...
  The City of Waynesboro in western Virginia...

* Until 600 AM EDT.

* At 255 AM EDT, trained weather spotters reported thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 5 
  inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1.5 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...Trained spotters reported roads closed due to flooding
           along US-29 near North Garden.

  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...
  Staunton...                        Waynesboro...
  Stuarts Draft...                   Crozet...
  Grottoes...                        Crimora...
  Sherando...                        Shipman...
  Schuyler...                        Free Union...
  Wintergreen...                     Afton...
  Montebello...                      Fishersville...
  Lyndhurst...                       Nellysford...
  Ivy...                             Greenville...
  New Hope...                        Arrington...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3828 7886 3821 7875 3825 7866 3828 7866
      3824 7855 3798 7855 3778 7850 3775 7863
      3768 7864 3770 7869 3764 7872 3763 7882
      3754 7883 3754 7890 3770 7899 3772 7906
      3779 7909 3780 7917 3789 7915 3795 7925

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

ADM