BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 735 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE MARTINSBURG...TOMAHAWK AND JONES SPRINGS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... HARLAN RUN...WHITES RUN...POTOMAC RIVER...TILHANCE CREEK...HOKE RUN...ELK BRANCH...COLD SPRING RUN...OPEQUON CREEK...TUSCARORA CREEK...MIDDLE CREEK...BACK CREEK...EAGLE RUN...DRY RUN...MEADOW BRANCH AND ROARING RUN. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 01:27:45 +0000
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