THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MARYLAND…THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND VIRGINIA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN MARYLAND…ANNE ARUNDEL…CALVERT…CARROLL…CHARLES… HARFORD…HOWARD…MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN BALTIMORE…PRINCE GEORGES…SOUTHERN BALTIMORE AND ST. MARYS. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN VIRGINIA…ALBEMARLE…ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA…CULPEPER...FAIRFAX…GREENE…KING GEORGE…MADISON…NELSON…ORANGE…PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK…SOUTHERN FAUQUIER… SPOTSYLVANIA AND STAFFORD. * THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MOST WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. MOST OF THE RAIN WILL FALL IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME…CAUSING THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLASH FLOODING TO DEVELOP. * IF FLASH FLOODING WERE TO DEVELOP…ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE ALONG WITH CREEKS AND STREAMS QUICKLY RISING OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 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.
