[CC-ARES-RACES] Flood Watch - Update

[Robert Davidson]

SUBJECT:
Flood Watch

SUMMARY:
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
902 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-KING GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY
902 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS EXPANDED
THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND AND NORTH
  CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INCLUDING CALVERT...CHARLES AND ST. MARYS AND
  KING GEORGE.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING

* PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION
  AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. BY THE TIME
  THE FRONT CLEARS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT...UP TO 3 INCHES OF
  RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* THE FORECASTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS LIKELY WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF
  LOW LYING AREAS...AS WELL AS CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO
  RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE RUNOFF WOULD THEN CREATE
  SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.