Broadlands Live CANCELED!!!

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
319 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WATCH VALID FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN MARYLAND...
WASHINGTON...ALLEGANY AND FREDERICK COUNTIES...

IN VIRGINIA...
NELSON...GREENE...HIGHLAND...MADISON...CULPEPER...PAGE...
RAPPAHANNOCK...FAUQUIER...WARREN...SHENANDOAH...CLARKE...LOUDOUN...
ALBEMARLE...AUGUSTA...ROCKINGHAM AND FREDERICK COUNTIES...

IN WEST VIRGINIA...
PENDLETON...HARDY...JEFFERSON...HAMPSHIRE...BERKELEY...MINERAL...
MORGAN AND GRANT COUNTIES...

THE COMBINATION OF TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM IVAN ADVANCING FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO AND A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE OHIO
VALLEY WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVERSPREADING THE REGION
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE RAINFALL WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN
NATURE BEGINNING SUNDAY.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...WHEN
THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE COMMON ALONG AND WEST OF THE
BLUE RIDGE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS. ANOTHER INCH OF
RAIN MAY FALL SUNDAY INTO THE EARLY WEEK IN A FEW LOCATIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH MORE SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
RIVERS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
EVENTUALLY...MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE POTOMAC...SHENANDOAH...AND
RAPPAHANNOCK MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES SUNDAY INTO THE EARLY
PORTION OF NEXT WEEK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET
AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/LWX IN LOWER CASE LETTERS. FLOOD WARNINGS WILL
BE ISSUED WHEN FLOODING BECOMES IMMINENT.