FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 106 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF MARYLAND...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND VIRGINIA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MARYLAND...ANNE ARUNDEL...
CALVERT...CARROLL...CHARLES...FREDERICK MD...HARFORD...
HOWARD...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN BALTIMORE...PRINCE GEORGES...
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE AND ST. MARYS. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN
VIRGINIA...ALBEMARLE...ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA...
CULPEPER...FAIRFAX...FAUQUIER...GREENE...KING GEORGE...
LOUDOUN...MADISON...NELSON...ORANGE...PRINCE
WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK...RAPPAHANNOCK...SPOTSYLVANIA AND
STAFFORD.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* A STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH
PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX THIS EVENING...WARMER
TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN
TONIGHT...WITH AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
EXPECTED. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED...WITH SOME TOTALS OF UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE...
PARTICULARLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 THE RAIN WILL FURTHER MELT
THE EXISTING SNOW ON THE GROUND IN SOME AREAS... ADDING TO THE
RUNOFF. RAINFALL OF THIS AMOUNT WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING
FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...SMALL STREAMS...AND OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND 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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SBK
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