FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 638 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF MARYLAND AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MARYLAND...ANNE ARUNDEL...CALVERT...
CHARLES...HARFORD...NORTHERN BALTIMORE...PRINCE GEORGES...
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE AND ST. MARYS. IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...KING
GEORGE.
* UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING
* STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH MID- MORNING.
A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE EARLY
THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED...WITH SOME TOTALS OF UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE EAST
OF I-95. THESE RAIN TOTALS WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING FLOODING
OF URBAN AREAS...SMALL STREAMS... AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND
LOW-LYING AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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