Flash Flood Warning

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1123 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

MDC027-031-240430-
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MONTGOMERY MD-HOWARD MD-
1123 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HOWARD AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 1118 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
CONTINUES FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING. UP TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOYDS...
DAMASCUS...GERMANTOWN AND MONTGOMERY VILLAGE.

FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT WILDCAT
ROAD AND DAVIS MILL ROAD...AND IN HOWARD COUNTY AT MCKENDRIE AND
RIVER MILL ROADS...FORSYTHE AND GAITHER ROADS...AND HOWARD CHAPEL
ROAD.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3936 7706 3936 7705 3935 7703 3936 7697
      3936 7693 3934 7688 3932 7685 3932 7684
      3912 7727 3921 7734 3932 7719 3937 7710

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Short Term Forecast

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1033 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

DCZ001-MDZ009-010-013-014-016-VAZ052>054-240330-
ANNE ARUNDEL MD-ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA VA-CHARLES
MD-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-FAIRFAX VA-HOWARD MD-MONTGOMERY MD-PRINCE
GEORGES MD-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK VA-
1033 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

.NOW...
AT 1028 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
GREENBELT TO LAKE RIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS THAT LIKELY WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE LANDOVER
HILLS...NATIONALS PARK...THE DISTRICT...NEW CARROLLTON...
WOODBRIDGE...KENILWORTH...ANACOSTIA...JEFFERSON MANOR AND FAIRMOUNT
HEIGHTS.

OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. MOVE INDOORS UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.

GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE WATER TO POND ON
ROADWAYS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED.

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GMS

Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1033 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501>504-
WVZ050>053-055-501>506-241000-
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-
ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-
ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER-
NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND-
EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-
WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON-
1033 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FREEZE MAY OCCUR IN THE PORTIONS OF THE ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS
FRIDAY NIGHT.

.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.

$$

HTS