Flash Flood Watch In Effect For DC, NoVA Region Through Friday

WASHINGTON, DC — National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch Thursday afternoon for parts of the District, Maryland, and Virginia. The watch runs though Friday morning.

NWS expected several rounds of thunderstorms to pass through the region from Thursday around 2 p.m, through early Friday morning. Some areas may see up to 1-2 inches of rainfall per hour, with the possibility of total rainfall amounts of 1-3 inches, according to NWS. Some localities may even experience higher amounts of rain up to 4 inches.

Heavy rain falling over a short periods may cause streams and creaks to quickly rise over their banks, leading to potential flash flooding in urban areas.

Parts of the following localities are affected by the flash flood watch, which runs from 2 p.m., Thursday until 8 a.m., on Friday:

• Washington, DC
• Maryland: Anne Arundel, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Central and Southeast Howard, Central and Southeast Montgomery, Charles, Frederick (MD) Northern Baltimore, Northwest Harford, Northwest Howard, Northwest Montgomery, Prince Georges, Southeast Harford, Southern Baltimore and St. Marys.
• Virginia: Albemarle, Arlington, Falls Church, Alexandria, Culpeper, Eastern Loudoun, Fairfax, Greene, King George, Madison, Northern Fauquier, Orange, Prince William, Manassas, Manassas Park, Rappahannock, Southern Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Western Loudoun.