Flash Flood Warning Tuesday Night in Leesburg

A flash flood warning has been issued for the Leesburg area until midnight Tuesday night.

From the National Weather Service:

AT 907 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS ON GOING ACROSS PURCEVILLE AND LEESBURG...AND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY ACROSS THE REMAINING OF THE WARNED AREA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FREDERICK...LEESBURG...THURMONT...POOLESVILLE...EMMITSBURG...HARRY GROVE STADIUM...PURCELLVILLE...BRUNSWICK...WALKERSVILLE... BOONSBORO...SMITHSBURG...MOUNT LENA...CLOVER HILL...WOLFSVILLE... POINT OF ROCKS...LINGANORE-BARTONSVILLE...ROBINWOOD...BALLENGER CREEK...DISCOVERY-SPRING GARDEN AND SAN MAR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.