UPDATE: FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE…BRIEF HEAVY RAIN TO AFFECT PRINCE GEORGES… CALVERT… CHARLES AND ST. MARYS COUNTIES…
AT 1052 AM EDT… DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM GLENN DALE TO LA PLATA… MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL BRIEFLY AFFECT PORTIONS OF LOWER SOUTHERN MARYLAND. OVERALL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING… BUT SOME FLOODING OF LOW-LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE SAINT INIGOES… GREAT MILLS… SHERIDAN POINT… PARK HALL… OAKVILLE… HALLOWING POINT… SAINT LEONARD CREEK… PORT REPUBLIC… FLAG HARBOR AND CHESAPEAKE RANCH ESTATES.
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UPDATE: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH AS WELL AS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 3PM ON 4/28/2011
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UPDATE: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 2AM TOMORROW MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. ANY STORMS THIS EVENING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS…LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES.
THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD DAYBREAK. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THEAREA LATE TONIGHT. ANY THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL MARYLAND
ANNE ARUNDEL HOWARD MONTGOMERY PRINCE GEORGES
IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND
CARROLL FREDERICK
IN NORTHERN MARYLAND
BALTIMORE HARFORD
IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND
CALVERT CHARLES ST. MARYS
IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
ARLINGTON FAIRFAX LOUDOUN PRINCE WILLIAM
IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 INDEPENDENT CITY
IN NORTHERN MARYLAND
BALTIMORE CITY
IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 INDEPENDENT CITIES
IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
CITY OF ALEXANDRIA CITY OF FAIRFAX CITY OF FALLS CHURCH CITY OF MANASSAS CITY OF MANASSAS PARK
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF… ABERDEEN… ANNAPOLIS… ARLINGTON… BEL AIR… CHANTILLY… CHESAPEAKE BEACH… COLUMBIA… EDGEWOOD… FALLSTON… FREDERICK… GAITHERSBURG… HAVRE DE GRACE… JOPPATOWNE… LAUREL… LEESBURG… MCLEAN… RESTON… ST MARYS… STERLING… TOWSON… WALDORF… WASHINGTON… WESTMINSTER AND WOODBRIDGE.
A tornado watch means that conditions are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms and multiple tornadoes in and close to the watch area. People in the affected areas are encouraged to be vigilant in preparation for severe weather.
