Weather Alert in Virginia
Flash Flood Warning issued June 8 at 4:42PM EDT until June 8 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
AREAS AFFECTED: Page, VA; Rockingham, VA; Shenandoah, VA
DESCRIPTION: FFWLWX The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Page County in northwestern Virginia... Southwestern Shenandoah County in northwestern Virginia... Central Rockingham County in western Virginia... * Until 900 PM EDT. * At 442 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 1.5 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Luray... Broadway... Timberville... Shenandoah... Mount Jackson... Stanley... New Market... Quicksburg... Newport... Shenandoah Caverns... Forestville... Alma... Honeyville... Ingham... Lacey Spring... Leaksville... Hamburg... Hawkinstown... Linville... Cherry Grove... This includes the following Flood Prone Roads... Longs Road at Meadowview Drive, River Road at Eygpt Bend Road, Old Forge Road near Hawksbill Creek and Linden Avenue at Virginia Avenue.
INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law enforcement and request they pass this information to the National Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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Weather Topic: What is Rain?
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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain.
Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period
of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.
Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency
depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have
an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island.
Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of
cities is 30% greater.
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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?
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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary
components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones,
and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and
therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.
The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be
wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer
layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air
it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water
droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is
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