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Regional Animated Radar
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1001 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
…HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO RETURN…
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC TONIGHT.
PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL FEED THE SYSTEM FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO
AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
WASHINGTON-EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-
HIGHLAND-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-
CLARKE-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-ORANGE-
CULPEPER-SPOTSYLVANIA-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-
PENDLETON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-
EASTERN MINERAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HAGERSTOWN…FROSTBURG…CUMBERLAND…
STAUNTON…WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…WINCHESTER…FRONT ROYAL…
CHARLOTTESVILLE…WASHINGTON…CULPEPER…FREDERICKSBURG…
MARTINSBURG…CHARLES TOWN…BAYARD…PETERSBURG…EMORYVILLE…
HARTMANSVILLE…KEYSER…FORT ASHBY
1001 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING…
* EXPECT RAIN TO START ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST…AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATE
AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY TONIGHT…ENDING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST MONDAY MORNING.
ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL ON TOP OF SATURATED SOILS.
* THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS. ALSO…URBAN AREAS PRONE TO POOR DRAINAGE WILL BE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. AS THE WATER WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE
RIVERS MONDAY…RIVER FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE UPPER
POTOMAC AND SHENANDOAH BASINS.
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.
