Flood Watch / Flood Statement
Statement as of 10:38 PM EDT on July 22, 2013
…Flash Flood Watch is cancelled…
The Flash Flood Watch for portions of western Maryland…Virginia
and northeast West Virginia has been cancelled.
The heavy rain that prompted the watch has moved out of the area.
Another batch of light rain will move across the region overnight
but additional flooding concerns are unlikely
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1001 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
MDZ501-502-VAZ025>027-029-030-036>040-503-504-WVZ050-055-501>506-
222215-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FF.A.0009.130722T1600Z-130723T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-
ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WARREN-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-
RAPPAHANNOCK-WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-HARDY-
WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FROSTBURG…CUMBERLAND…STAUNTON…
WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…FRONT ROYAL…CHARLOTTESVILLE…
WASHINGTON…HIGHTOWN…MONTEREY…MOOREFIELD…BAYARD…
MOUNT STORM…PETERSBURG…ELK GARDEN…KEYSER…FORT ASHBY…
CIRCLEVILLE…FRANKLIN
1001 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND…VIRGINIA
AND NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…
IN WESTERN MARYLAND…CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY AND EXTREME
WESTERN ALLEGANY. IN VIRGINIA…ALBEMARLE…AUGUSTA…EASTERN
HIGHLAND…GREENE…MADISON…NELSON…PAGE…RAPPAHANNOCK…
ROCKINGHAM…SHENANDOAH…WARREN AND WESTERN HIGHLAND. IN
NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…EASTERN GRANT…EASTERN MINERAL…
EASTERN PENDLETON…HAMPSHIRE…HARDY…WESTERN GRANT…
WESTERN MINERAL AND WESTERN PENDLETON.
* NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT…
* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS…SOME HEAVY…WILL OCCUR
OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOIL AND TERRAIN OVER THE POTOMAC
HIGHLANDS…CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY…AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS
POSSIBLE FROM THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY. THIS WOULD EXCEED THE 3
HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE FOR THE WATCH AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
