- Flash Flood Watch for Albemarle County, Virginia
- Flash Flood Watch issued October 11 at 2:52PM EDT until October 12 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 1:52 p.m.
- Expires: Friday, October 12, 2018 at 5 a.m.
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* Portions of Maryland and Virginia, including the following
areas, in Maryland, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince
Georges, Southeast Harford, Southern Baltimore, and St. Marys.
In Virginia, Albemarle, Central Virginia Blue Ridge, King
George, Nelson, Orange, Spotsylvania, and Stafford.
* Through late tonight
* Moisture associated with Tropical Storm Michael will be
interacting with a cold front that is expected to move through
the area tonight. Periods of showers are expected through
tonight, with the heaviest rainfall occurring now through
midnight. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches are expected with
localized amounts of up to 6 inches possible in heavier showers
and isolated thunderstorms, especially over southern Maryland.
Heavy amounts of rain in short periods of time may cause creeks
and streams to quickly rise out of their banks as well as the
potential for flash flooding in urban areas.