Flood Watch
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
433 AM EDT Fri May 27 2022
Augusta-Rockingham-Shenandoah-Frederick VA-Page-Warren-Nelson-
Albemarle-Greene-Madison-Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper-Western
Highland-Eastern Highland-Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Central
Virginia Blue Ridge-Hampshire-Hardy-Eastern Grant-Western Pendleton-
Eastern Pendleton-
Including the cities of Winchester, Romney, Woodstock, Lovingston,
Charlottesville, Orange, Culpeper, Luray, Moorefield, Harrisonburg,
Staunton, New Market, Shenandoah, Hightown, Waynesboro, Mount
Jackson, Front Royal, Stuarts Draft, Riverton, Ruddle, Big Meadows,
Franklin, Oak Flat, Monterey, Madison, Wintergreen, Sugar Grove,
Stanardsville, Washington, Brandywine, Strasburg, Stanley,
Gordonsville, and Petersburg
433 AM EDT Fri May 27 2022
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Virginia and eastern West Virginia, including
the following areas: in Virginia, Albemarle, Augusta, Central
Virginia Blue Ridge, Culpeper, Eastern Highland, Frederick VA,
Greene, Madison, Nelson, Northern Virginia Blue Ridge, Orange,
Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren and Western
Highland. In eastern West Virginia, Eastern Grant, Eastern
Pendleton, Hampshire, Hardy and Western Pendleton.
* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are likely
starting this morning and continuing through this evening.
Locations could receive 1 to 2 inches of rain in a short
period of time. Localized rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches
are expected, though locations that experience multiple
rounds of thunderstorms could exceed 3 inches.
- Please visit http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood for safety
information.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
Tornado Watch
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 276
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
620 AM EDT FRI MAY 27 2022
TORNADO WATCH 276 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
VIRGINIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALBEMARLE AMELIA AMHERST
APPOMATTOX ARLINGTON AUGUSTA
BEDFORD BRUNSWICK BUCKINGHAM
CAMPBELL CAROLINE CHARLES CITY
CHARLOTTE CHESTERFIELD CLARKE
CULPEPER CUMBERLAND DINWIDDIE
ESSEX FAIRFAX FAUQUIER
FLUVANNA FRANKLIN FREDERICK
GOOCHLAND GREENE GREENSVILLE
HALIFAX HANOVER HENRICO
HENRY KING AND QUEEN KING GEORGE
KING WILLIAM LOUDOUN LOUISA
LUNENBURG MADISON MECKLENBURG
NELSON NEW KENT NOTTOWAY
ORANGE PAGE PITTSYLVANIA
POWHATAN PRINCE EDWARD PRINCE GEORGE
PRINCE WILLIAM RAPPAHANNOCK RICHMOND
ROCKINGHAM SHENANDOAH SPOTSYLVANIA
STAFFORD SUSSEX WARREN
WESTMORELAND
VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE
ALEXANDRIA CHARLOTTESVILLE COLONIAL HEIGHTS
DANVILLE EMPORIA FAIRFAX
FALLS CHURCH FREDERICKSBURG HARRISONBURG
HOPEWELL LYNCHBURG MANASSAS
MANASSAS PARK MARTINSVILLE PETERSBURG
RICHMOND STAUNTON WAYNESBORO
WINCHESTER