Posts Tagged ‘Flood’
Flood Warning #992
Imminent Doom…Yes, it’s raining and yes, it will flood.
EXPECT RAIN TO OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST MONDAY. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL ON TOP OF SATURATED SOILS.
THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. ALSO…URBAN AREAS PRONE TO POOR DRAINAGE WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. AS THE WATER WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE RIVERS MONDAY…RIVER FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE UPPER POTOMAC AND SHENANDOAH BASINS.
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.
When will it end? I’m building the proverbial ark, i.e. pounding beers and thinking about dancing in the rain.
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Armageddon V: Floods Warning
And I quote:
The LORD then said to cVillains, “Go into the ark (aka South Street), you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. Take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, 3 and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth. Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.
Seriously folks,
Flood Watch Tuesday
for Charlottesville
Posted Date: 3/3/2008
DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL TRACK NORTHEAST TO A POSITION NEAR WEST VIRGINIA BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING…AND NORTHEAST TO NEAR NEW YORK CITY BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WARM MOIST AIR WILL FLOW TO THE NORTH AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEN…A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND AN INCH WILL BE LIKELY…BUT AMOUNTS MAY BE LOCALLY HIGHER IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS. THE GROUND IS PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY FROZEN AND VEGETATION HAS NOT YET STARTED TO BLOOM. THUS…MOST RAINFALL WILL TURN INTO RUNOFF…INUNDATING SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION…THERE WILL BE VARYING IMPACTS DEPENDING ON REGION. ACROSS THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND APPALACHIANS…SNOW MELT WILL COMBINE WITH THE EXPECTED RAINFALL TO CONTRIBUTE SATURATED CONDITION PRIOR TO ANY SIGNIFICANT RAIN. HOWEVER…IN THE BALTIMORE WASHINGTON CORRIDOR THE HEAVY RAINFALL ALONE FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE URBANIZED FLOODING. 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.
