Weather Alert in Virginia
Flood Watch issued May 13 at 11:37AM EDT until May 14 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
AREAS AFFECTED: Culpeper; Southern Fauquier
DESCRIPTION: ...The National Weather Service in Baltimore MD/Washington DC has issued a Flood Watch for the following rivers in West Virginia... Maryland...Virginia... Potomac River at Shepherdstown affecting Jefferson, Washington and Berkeley Counties. Potomac River at Edwards Ferry affecting Northwest Montgomery, Western Loudoun and Eastern Loudoun zones. Shenandoah River at Millville affecting Jefferson, Clarke and Warren Counties. Rappahannock River at Remington affecting Culpeper and Southern Fauquier zones. For the Potomac River...including Paw Paw, Hancock, Shepherdstown, Harpers Ferry, Point of Rocks, Edwards Ferry, Little Falls... flooding is possible. * WHAT...Flooding is possible. * WHERE...Rappahannock River at Remington. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning to tomorrow evening. * IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Tin Pot Run Road and Sumerduck Road near Remington are flooded. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 10:15 AM EDT Tuesday the stage was 3.5 feet, or 11.5 feet below flood stage. - Forecast...Flood stage may be reached based on the latest forecast information. - Flood stage is 15.0 feet. - Please visit www.weather.gov/safety/flood for flood safety and preparedness information
INSTRUCTION: If you are in the watch area, remain alert to possible flooding. 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. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/washington or www.weather.gov/baltimore. The next statement will be issued this evening at 745 PM EDT.
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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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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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