THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SHENANDOAH COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
FREDERICK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF WINCHESTER IN NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
EASTERN HARDY COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 530 AM EST SUNDAY.

* AT 1019 PM EST, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED
FLOODING IN MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA, PARTICULARLY NORTH
OF US ROUTE 522 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 81 IN NORTHERN FREDERICK
COUNTY VA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER, STRASBURG, WOODSTOCK, MILLWOOD PIKE, MOUNT JACKSON,
STEPHENS CITY, WARDENSVILLE, BASYE-BRYCE MOUNTAIN, MATHIAS, STAR
TANNERY, NEW MARKET, MIDDLETOWN, BASYE, EDINBURG, MAURERTOWN, CAPON
BRIDGE, TOMS BROOK, YELLOW SPRING, SHENANDOAH CAVERNS AND SEVEN
FOUNTAINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

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...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF MARYLAND, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, VIRGINIA, AND
WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN MARYLAND,
ANNE ARUNDEL, CARROLL, CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY, CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD, CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY,
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY, FREDERICK MD, NORTHERN BALTIMORE,
NORTHWEST HARFORD, NORTHWEST HOWARD, NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY,
PRINCE GEORGES, SOUTHEAST HARFORD, SOUTHERN BALTIMORE, AND
WASHINGTON. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN VIRGINIA,
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA, CLARKE, CULPEPER, EASTERN
LOUDOUN, FAIRFAX, FREDERICK VA, MADISON, NORTHERN FAUQUIER,
NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE, PAGE, PRINCE
WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK, RAPPAHANNOCK, ROCKINGHAM,
SHENANDOAH, SOUTHERN FAUQUIER, WARREN, AND WESTERN LOUDOUN. IN
WEST VIRGINIA, BERKELEY, EASTERN GRANT, EASTERN MINERAL,
EASTERN PENDLETON, HAMPSHIRE, HARDY, JEFFERSON, MORGAN,
WESTERN GRANT, WESTERN MINERAL, AND WESTERN PENDLETON.

* UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY

* MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS OF UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE
OUT OF THEIR BANKS AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IN
URBAN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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