Rainy Spring to Continue?
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Updated: 6:56 AM Mar 16, 2010
Rainy Spring to Continue?
Rockingham County
According to the National Weather Service in Sterling, Virginia, there is more rainy weather in store for the next few weeks.
Posted: 8:16 PM Mar 15, 2010
Reporter: Josh Knight
Email Address: jknight@whsv.com
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Many Valley rivers and roads flooded during and after this past weekend's rain.

Residents on Indian Trail in Rockingham County like Lois Wimer, who has lived there for 18 years, says it happens all the time near Smith Creek.

"Down there at the creek, that always gets covered and they always have to re-route traffic, and put the sign up, 'Do not cross,'" says Wimer

According to the National Weather Service in Sterling, Virginia, there is more rainy weather in store for the next few weeks.

"Above normal period of precipitation here through the next couple of weeks, all points to that we certainly have more threats to get through before we get to a dry period," says Chris Strong, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist with NWS in Sterling.

Strong explains that some of the rain in the Mid-Atlantic is still related to El Niño. However, it is hard to say how much rain to expect for the upcoming spring as a whole.

"We don't have a strong leaning one way or the other whether spring is going to be a wet or dry one this year," says Strong.

Jennifer See also lives next to Smith Creek and says this rain was bad, but not the worst she's seen.

"At one point in time, in the past couple years, we couldn't get out. Yeah, we were stuck in," says See.

Wimer and See both say trying to cross the bridge on their road or any other is not a good idea.

"Even though it doesn't look like it's a lot of water, don't try it, because you never know what's there," says Wimer.

Strong says rainfall should be closely monitored.

He says with rivers already running high, high levels of soil moisture and high reservoirs, things are primed for flooding.

"With everything running high and basically everything primed for any big rain event that comes through to create flooding conditions, I think for the next several weeks we are going to have to keep on top of any rain event that comes through," says Strong

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