Important Weather Update
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Please read the following FLOOD WATCH and HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK in our area from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) / National Weather Service:
FLOOD WATCH National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 115 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021 Charles-St. Marys-Calvert-Nelson-Albemarle-Orange-Stafford- Spotsylvania-King George-Central Virginia Blue Ridge- Including the cities of Dahlgren, St. Charles, Chesapeake Beach, Lexington Park, Wintergreen, Fredericksburg, North Beach, Waldorf, Falmouth, California, Lovingston, Charlottesville, Orange, Lusby, Dunkirk, Prince Frederick, Huntingtown, and Gordonsville 115 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* Portions of southern Maryland and Virginia, including the following areas: in southern Maryland, Calvert, Charles and St. Marys. In Virginia, Albemarle, Central Virginia Blue Ridge, King George, Nelson, Orange, Spotsylvania and Stafford.
* From Wednesday morning through Thursday morning.
* The remnants of Ida will interact with a stalled front resulting in periods of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain beginning late Wednesday morning and continuing through Wednesday night. Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are expected, with localized amounts around 4 inches possible.
* This amount of heavy rainfall will result in the potential for flash flooding of creeks and small streams, as well as the potential for river flooding on the main stem rivers.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 233 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ008-011-013-014-016>018-504-506-508- VAZ052>057-011845- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA- Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD- Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor- Chester River to Queenstown MD-Eastern Bay- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island-District of Columbia-Cecil-Southern Baltimore- Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-Charles-St. Marys-Calvert- Central and Southeast Montgomery-Central and Southeast Howard- Southeast Harford-Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Fairfax- Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria-Stafford-Spotsylvania- King George- 233 PM EDT Tue Aug 31 2021
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay, Tidal Potomac River, and I-95 corridor through central Maryland, northern Virginia, and District of Columbia.
.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight
A few severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts are possible this afternoon and evening, mainly near and south of the Washington Metropolitan Area. An isolated instance of flooding is also possible.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday
A Flash Flood Watch is in effect from Wednesday morning through early Thursday morning. Heavy tropical rainfall could result in considerable flash flooding. Flooding on mainstem rivers may then persist through the end of the week.
Scattered damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes are possible with thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday evening.
A Gale Warning is in effect Wednesday afternoon and night.
Moderate tidal flooding is possible Wednesday into Wednesday night at sensitive low-lying coastal locations.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation may be necessary today and Wednesday.