- Flood Watch for Prince William County, Virginia
- Flood Watch issued May 18 at 11:07AM EDT until May 19 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Friday, May 18, 2018 at 1:43 p.m.
- Expires: Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 7 a.m.
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
The Flood Watch continues for
* Portions of Maryland, The District of Columbia, Virginia, and
West Virginia, including the following areas, in Maryland,
Anne Arundel, Calvert, Carroll, 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. The District of
Columbia. In Virginia, Albemarle, Arlington/Falls
Church/Alexandria, Augusta, Central Virginia Blue Ridge,
Clarke, Culpeper, Eastern Highland, Eastern Loudoun, Fairfax,
Frederick VA, Greene, King George, Madison, Nelson, Northern
Fauquier, Northern Virginia Blue Ridge, Orange, Page, Prince
William/Manassas/Manassas Park, Rappahannock, Rockingham,
Shenandoah, Southern Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren,
Western Highland, and Western Loudoun. In West Virginia,
Berkeley, Eastern Grant, Eastern Mineral, Eastern Pendleton,
Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Western Grant, Western
Mineral, and Western Pendleton.
* Through Saturday morning
* Periods of rain will continue across the region through tonight.
The rain may be heavy at times especially tonight, with overall
additional rainfall of 1 to 3 inches east of the Blue Ridge, the
Virginia Piedmont, and southern Maryland and up to an inch of
rain west of the Blue Ridge. While flash flooding cannot be
ruled out, the primary concern is flooding of small streams and
low- lying areas.