THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS EXTENDED THE * FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN... ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA * UNTIL 100 PM EDT * AT 1032 AM EDT VDOT REPORTS NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAIN GAGES REPORT THAT AS MUCH AS FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS SINCE LAST NIGHT. ALTHOUGH RAIN IS DIMINISHING IN THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE THREAT FOR SMALL STREAM AND ROAD FLOODING CONTINUES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. 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. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:00:44 +0000
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