HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1254 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES BORDERING
THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY THROUGH
6 PM. TIDAL ANOMALIES UP TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL CAUSE
MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM
NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND TO NORTH BEACH THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1 TO 1.5 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING. LIGHT RAIN WILL COMBINE WITH
ADDITIONAL SNOW MELT THIS AFTERNOON TO BRING THE THREAT OF MINOR
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS NEAR SMALL STREAMS...URBAN
AREAS...AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS MAY RETURN ACROSS THE WATERS
MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THE NEXT STORM POTENTIAL IS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THRU THURSDAY NIGHT.
LOW PRESSURE FORECAST OVER THE CAROLINAS HAS THE CHANCE OF
BRINGING SNOW TO THE REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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