FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MARYLAND, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MARYLAND...CARROLL...FREDERICK MD...HARFORD... HOWARD...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN BALTIMORE AND SOUTHERN BALTIMORE. AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA...FAIRFAX...LOUDOUN AND PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK.
* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WASHINGTON DC...THE WESTERN DC SUBURBS...AND THE GREATER BALTIMORE METRO AREA ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL FROM HANNA.
* FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.