...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of central Virginia and western
Virginia, including the following areas, in central Virginia,
Central Virginia Blue Ridge and Nelson. In western Virginia,
Augusta, Eastern Highland, and Western Highland.
* Until midnight EDT tonight
* Showers and a few thunderstorms will be slow moving to the north
side of a stationary front that lies across southern Virginia.
These showers and thunderstorms will bring moderate to heavy
rainfall to areas that are already saturated from recent
rainfall during the past couple of weeks. This heavy rainfall
could result in flash flooding.
* Urban areas, locations along small streams and creeks, and poor
drainage areas are most vulnerable to flash flooding.