...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has expanded
the
* Flash Flood Watch to include portions of central Virginia,
northern Virginia, and northwest Virginia, including the
following areas, in central Virginia, Greene. In northern
Virginia, Culpeper, Northern Fauquier, Prince
William/Manassas/Manassas Park, and Southern Fauquier. In
northwest Virginia, Madison, Northern Virginia Blue Ridge,
Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, and Warren.
* Until 1 AM EDT Wednesday
* Showers and thunderstorms will develop ahead of a cold front
through this evening. Thunderstorms will contain heavy rainfall
which has the potential to cause creeks and streams to rapidly
rise out of their banks. Localized rainfall amounts around 2 to
4 inches are possible in any thunderstorms that develop.
* Flash flooding risk is for small streams and creeks as well as
urban areas.