Bester News

WASHINGTON...FREDERICK...WESTMINSTER...
GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...
ST MARYS CITY...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...
WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL...CHARLOTTESVILLE...LEESBURG...
CULPEPER...MANASSAS...MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...
FALLS CHURCH...FREDERICKSBURG...WARRENTON
608 PM EST THU MAR 11 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS EXPANDED
THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN
AREAS...LOWER SOUTHERN MARYLAND...NORTH-CENTRAL MARYLAND...AND
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

* FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

* RAIN WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY AND WILL INCREASE THE FLOOD THREAT FOR URBAN
AREAS...SMALL STREAMS...AND RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

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.



$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage