…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF MARYLAND…THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA…VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN MARYLAND…ANNE ARUNDEL…CALVERT…CARROLL…CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY…CHARLES…EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY… FREDERICK MD…HARFORD…HOWARD…MONTGOMERY…NORTHERN BALTIMORE…PRINCE GEORGES…SOUTHERN BALTIMORE…ST. MARYS AND WASHINGTON. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN VIRGINIA… ALBEMARLE…ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA…AUGUSTA… CLARKE…CULPEPER…EASTERN HIGHLAND…FAIRFAX…FREDERICK VA…GREENE…KING GEORGE…LOUDOUN…MADISON…NELSON… NORTHERN FAUQUIER…ORANGE…PAGE…PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK…RAPPAHANNOCK…ROCKINGHAM… SHENANDOAH…SOUTHERN FAUQUIER…SPOTSYLVANIA…STAFFORD… WARREN AND WESTERN HIGHLAND. IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA… BERKELEY…EASTERN GRANT…EASTERN MINERAL…EASTERN PENDLETON…HAMPSHIRE…HARDY…JEFFERSON…MORGAN…WESTERN GRANT…WESTERN MINERAL AND WESTERN PENDLETON.
* UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED FROM AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE QUICKLY OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND COULD FLOOD LOW-LYING AND URBAN AREAS…PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT HAVE HAD RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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