Flash Flood Watch
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA

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Flood Watch
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
518 PM EDT Mon Jul 14 2025

...Tropical moisture will combine with a slow moving frontal system
to produce very heavy rainfall. A mixture of slow moving storms and
the potential for multiple rounds of convection will increase the
risk of flash flooding...

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District of Columbia-Washington-Frederick MD-Carroll-Northern
Baltimore-Cecil-Southern Baltimore-Prince Georges-Anne Arundel-
Charles-St. Marys-Calvert-Extreme Western Allegany-Central and
Eastern Allegany-Northwest Montgomery-Central and Southeast
Montgomery-Northwest Howard-Central and Southeast Howard-
Northwest Harford-Southeast Harford-Augusta-Rockingham-Shenandoah-
Frederick VA-Page-Warren-Clarke-Nelson-Albemarle-Greene-Madison-
Rappahannock-Orange-Culpeper-Fairfax-Arlington/Falls
Church/Alexandria-Stafford-Spotsylvania-King George-Northern
Fauquier-Southern Fauquier-Western Loudoun-Eastern Loudoun-
Northern Virginia Blue Ridge-Central Virginia Blue Ridge-
Northwest Prince William-Central and Southeast Prince
William/Manassas/Manassas Park-Hampshire-Morgan-Berkeley-
Jefferson-Hardy-Western Mineral-Eastern Mineral-
518 PM EDT Mon Jul 14 2025

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
  possible.

* WHERE...Portions of DC, including the following , District of
  Columbia, Maryland, including the following areas, Anne Arundel,
  Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Central and Eastern Allegany, Central and
  Southeast Howard, Central and Southeast Montgomery, Charles,
  Extreme Western Allegany, Frederick MD, Northern Baltimore,
  Northwest Harford, Northwest Howard, Northwest Montgomery, Prince
  Georges, Southeast Harford, Southern Baltimore, St. Marys and
  Washington, Virginia, including the following areas, Albemarle,
  Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, Augusta, Central Virginia Blue
  Ridge, Central and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas
  Park, Clarke, Culpeper, Eastern Loudoun, Fairfax, Frederick VA,
  Greene, King George, Madison, Nelson, Northern Fauquier, Northern
  Virginia Blue Ridge, Northwest Prince William, Orange, Page,
  Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Southern Fauquier,
  Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren and Western Loudoun, and West
  Virginia, including the following areas, Berkeley, Eastern
  Mineral, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan and Western Mineral.

* WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
  creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
  Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall continue
    to move across the area through this evening. Rainfall rates
    up to 2 to 3 inches per hour are likely, that could lead to
    scattered instances of flash flooding. This is most likely in
    areas that see multiple rounds of storms, and that could see
    storm total rain amounts of 4 to 6 inches.
  - Please visit www.weather.gov/safety/flood for flood safety
    and preparedness information

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

&&

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