The National Weather Service has issued a FLASH FLOOD WATCH for Montgomery County. At 5:00 am, Satellite images indicated that Tropical Storm Hanna was located 430 South of Wilmington North Carolina. Hanna is moving NW as 20 MPH with winds of 65MPH and higher gusts.
Hanna is expected to reach the Baltimore/Washington metro areas as a Tropical Storm on Saturday. 4-8 inches of rainfall is expected with Hanna and higher amounts are possible. This amount of rain will lead to flooding of some streams and low lying areas. Sustained winds of 25-35 MPH are possible beginning Saturday morning and gusts to 50 MPH are possible. Power outages should be expected. Any remaining emergency preparations for this storm should be nearing completion.
Tropical Storm Warnings are now in effect for all coastal MD Counties. Travel to coastal areas should be discouraged.