Eastern W Va Regional-Shepherd, West Virginia

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Flash Flood Watch
    

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88° | 67° 74° | 63° 83° | 58° 83° | 59° 81° | 59°

Current conditions
As of 2:53 PM EDT
at Martinsburg, West Virginia

Clear
Temperature: 84°
Heat index:84°
Wind: South 12 mph
Dewpoint: 61°
Humidity: 46%
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Forecast

As of 11:40 am EDT on September 5, 2008

This Afternoon...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight...A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening...then showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph...becoming east 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain near 100 percent.

Saturday...Rain with isolated thunderstorms. Rain may be heavy at times. Breezy with highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.

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    Regional conditions
LocationConditionsTemp..
Martinsburg Clear 84°
Maugansville Clear 85°
Winchester Clear 82°
Frederick Mostly Cloudy 90°
Leesburg Mostly Cloudy 88°
Wiley Ford Clear 86°
Dulles Mostly Cloudy 84°
Fishertown data not available
Westminster Scattered Clouds 88°
Bristow Clear 84°

Almanac

Key: T = Trace of precipitation; MM = data not available
September 5, 2008
Normal high:82° Record high:97° (1937)
Normal low:59° Record low:44° (1974)
Sunrise:6:44 AM Moon Rise: 12:52 PM
Sunset:7:35 PM Moon Set: 10:17 PM
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Flash Flood Watch
Issued by the National Weather Service at 8:52 am EDT on September 5, 2008


... Flash Flood Watch in effect from Saturday morning through
Saturday afternoon...

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has expanded
the

* Flash Flood Watch to include portions of north central
Maryland... Virginia and northeast West Virginia... including
the following areas... in north central Maryland... Washington.
In Virginia... Albemarle... Augusta... Clarke... Frederick VA...
Greene... Madison... Nelson... Page... Rappahannock... Rockingham...
Shenandoah and Warren. In northeast West Virginia... Berkeley
and Jefferson.

* From Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon

* heavy rain associated with Tropical Storm Hanna will move
northwest across the region early Friday evening into Saturday.
It appears at this time that the heaviest rains would fall late
Friday night into late Saturday afternoon. This is largely
dependent on the exact track of Hanna. However... along the path
of this storm totals of 4 to 7 inches with localized amounts up
to 10 inches are expected. Latest flash flood guidance
indicates that amounts of 3 to 4 inches in 3 hours or less will
cause small streams and creeks to flow out of their banks.

* If heavy rain develops... expect small streams to overflow and
low lying roads to flood. Do not ever drive into flood waters.

A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should flash flood warnings be issued.




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