Flood Watch
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
223 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021
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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of DC, Maryland and Virginia,
including the following areas: in DC, District of Columbia. In
Maryland, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Central and
Southeast Howard, Central and Southeast Montgomery, Charles,
Frederick MD, Northern Baltimore, Northwest Harford, Northwest
Howard, Northwest Montgomery, Prince Georges, Southeast Harford,
Southern Baltimore and St. Marys. In Virginia, Albemarle,
Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, Culpeper, Eastern Loudoun,
Fairfax, Greene, King George, Madison, Northern Fauquier, Orange,
Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park, Rappahannock, Southern
Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Western Loudoun.
* From Thursday afternoon through Friday morning.
* Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected Thursday afternoon
through early Friday morning with localized rainfall rates of up
to 1-2 inches per hour possible. Total rainfall amounts of 1-3
inches, with locally higher amounts up to 4 inches are possible.
* Heavy rain in short periods of time will cause the potential for
streams and creeks to quickly rise out of their banks as well as
the potential for flash flooding in urban areas.
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