Monique Robinson
wmal.com
WASHINGTON — ( WMAL) The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch from Friday afternoon until Saturday afternoon.
“We are going to have to watch to see exactly where the heaviest bands of rain set up,” said Weather Channel Senior Meteorologist Scott Lawrimore. “Some places could see 4 or 5 inch rainfall totals. If we had that kind of totals in the District that could definitely be a big flooding problem for us.” .
The following are details of the flash flood watch: “From Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon Low pressure is going to develop over the Mid Atlantic Friday and remain nearly stationary this weekend. This will have the potential to bring 3 inches or more of rain to the region through Saturday afternoon. Thunderstorms could cause locally higher rainfall amounts.”
“With some 20 mph wind gusts and that northeast wind of the Atlantic, we could expect some trees or small limbs blown around the area, especially if they are weakened by all the rainfall,” said Lawrimore.
The flash flood watch region includes: “portions of Maryland, The District of Columbia, Virginia, and West Virginia, including the following areas, in Maryland, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Carroll, Central and Eastern Allegheny, Central and Southeast Howard, Central and Southeast Montgomery, Charles, Extreme Western Allegheny, Frederick MD, Northern Baltimore, Northwest Harford, Northwest Howard, Northwest Montgomery, Prince Georges, Southeast, Hartford, Southern Baltimore, St. Marys, and Washington. The District of Columbia. In Virginia, Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, Clarke, Culpeper, Eastern Loudoun, Fairfax, Frederick VA, King George, Northern Fauquier, Northern Virginia Blue Ridge, Page, Prince William/Manassas/Manassas, Park, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Southern Fauquier, Stafford, Warren, and Western Loudoun. In West Virginia, Berkeley,Eastern Grant, Eastern Mineral, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Western Grant, and Western Mineral.”
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