FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 138 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL MARYLAND...THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA...PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.
* FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* LOW PRESSURE ENTERING WEST TENNESSEE WILL BE TRACKING NORTHEAST
TONIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED IN THE MID
ATLANTIC STATES EAST OF I-81...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 3 AM.
RAINFALL OF BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS WILL BE ENOUGH
TO CAUSE FLOODING.
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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AW/GS
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