2 products issued by NWS for:
Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 959 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 DCZ001-MDZ009-VAZ053-054-240230- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA VA-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-FAIRFAX VA-MONTGOMERY MD- 959 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 .NOW... AT 958 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUNN LORING...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS THAT LIKELY WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE ANNANDALE...PIMMIT HILLS...LAKE BARCROFT...FALLS CHURCH...LINCOLNIA...MCLEAN... BALLSTON...ARLINGTON...ALEXANDRIA AND HUNTINGTON. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE AND MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE-QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. $$ GMS
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 922 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 241000- 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-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- 922 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BETWEEN POOLES ISLAND AND SMITH POINT AND FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER BETWEEN COBB ISLAND AND SMITH POINT .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. GALES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...PLEASE FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$