Flood Watch - Rockingham (Virginia)

WASHINGTON...HAGERSTOWN...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...MARTINSBURG...
CHARLES TOWN
423 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF MARYLAND...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...VIRGINIA AND
NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
MARYLAND...ANNE ARUNDEL...CALVERT...CARROLL...CHARLES...
FREDERICK MD...HARFORD...HOWARD...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN
BALTIMORE...PRINCE GEORGES...SOUTHERN BALTIMORE...ST. MARYS
AND WASHINGTON. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN VIRGINIA...
ALBEMARLE...ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA...AUGUSTA...
CLARKE...CULPEPER...FAIRFAX...FREDERICK VA...GREENE...KING
GEORGE...LOUDOUN...MADISON...NELSON...NORTHERN FAUQUIER...
ORANGE...PAGE...PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK...
RAPPAHANNOCK...ROCKINGHAM...SHENANDOAH...SOUTHERN FAUQUIER...
SPOTSYLVANIA...STAFFORD AND WARREN. IN NORTHEAST WEST
VIRGINIA...BERKELEY...HAMPSHIRE...HARDY...JEFFERSON AND MORGAN.

* THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN
ADDITION TO URBAN AREAS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONALLY...MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF FEEDER CREEKS AND
STREAMS OF THE POTOMAC AND SHENANDOAH RIVERS IS LIKELY TO LAST
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ALONG THE MAINSTEM POTOMAC
RIVER...MODERATE FLOODING IS LIKELY TO START THIS EVENING AT
PAW PAW...HARPERS FERRY...POINT OF ROCKS AND LITTLE FALLS...AND
LAST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ALONG THE MAINSTEM SHENANDOAH
RIVER...MODERATE FLOODING IS LIKELY AT AND DOWNSTREAM OF
MILLVILLE.

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.



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