| The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch in effect until late Tuesday night for parts of the Baltimore/Washington area and a coastal flood watch until midnight.
Forecasters say showers and thunderstorms will be capable of producing locally heavy rainfall. Rainfall rates of one to two inches per hour are possible in the heavier showers and thunderstorms. Locally heavy rainfall may cause streams and creeks to quickly rise out of their banks along with the potential of flash flooding in urban and low lying areas.
URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
345 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2011
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WASHINGTON…HAGERSTOWN…FREDERICK…
WESTMINSTER…GAITHERSBURG…COLUMBIA…BALTIMORE…ANNAPOLIS…
WALDORF…ST MARYS CITY…FROSTBURG…CUMBERLAND…STAUNTON…
WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…WINCHESTER…FRONT ROYAL…
CHARLOTTESVILLE…LEESBURG…CULPEPER…MANASSAS…
MANASSAS PARK…FAIRFAX…ALEXANDRIA…FALLS CHURCH…
FREDERICKSBURG…WARRENTON…HIGHTOWN…MONTEREY…MARTINSBURG…
CHARLES TOWN…MOOREFIELD…BAYARD…MOUNT STORM…PETERSBURG…
ELK GARDEN…KEYSER…FORT ASHBY…CIRCLEVILLE…FRANKLIN
345 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2011
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE
METROPOLITAN AREAS…NORTHERN MARYLAND…CENTRAL AND LOWER
SOUTHERN MARYLAND…NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA…AND
EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO QUICKLY RISE OUT OF
THEIR BANKS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING IN URBAN
AND LOW LYING AREAS.
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. |
