Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Baltimore/Washington

Issued

Jun 25, 2000, 11:48 PM EDT (03:48 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 2000, 1:45 AM EDT

In force

117 min

Issued by

NWS Baltimore/Washington

Area

Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, MD, Fauquier County, VA, Loudoun County, VA

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON
1148 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND
  NORTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  EASTERN LOUDOUN COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT

* AT 1138 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
  RAIN FROM OLNEY TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARRENTON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS
  ARE REPEATEDLY AFFECTING THE SAME AREAS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA.

JLW/HTS

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 25, 9:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
907 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2000

LN OF TSTMS HIT INSTAB AXIS AND HV FLARED UP OVR DC/CNTRL MD. PER 18Z
ETA...VORT STRNG OVNGT...AND SEE NO RSN WHY SHRA/TSTMS WONT CONT
INTO THE BAY. ONLY NEG IS DIURNAL...SO RISK OF MGRNL SVR LSSNS
W/TIME. NOT MUCH CHG TO GOING FCST XCPT TO BUMP UP POPS AHD OF LN.

HV DOUBTS ABT LACK OF HEAT ADVSRY TMRW...BUT HVNT HAD SUFFICIENT
TIME TO7 ANALYZE IT. THUS...WL LV THIS TO THE NXT CREW TO HNDL.

WL HOLD ONTO ZNS TIL 10PM.

.LWX...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

HTS

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2000Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.