[SMCARA] NWS Bulletin - Flood Watch

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
319 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXPANDED THE FLOOD WATCH TO
INCLUDE LOWER SOUTHERN MARYLAND AND KING GEORGE COUNTY VIRGINIA VALID
THROUGH THURSDAY...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN MARYLAND...
  WASHINGTON...ALLEGANY...CARROLL...NORTHERN BALTIMORE...FREDERICK...
  HOWARD...MONTGOMERY...ANNE ARUNDEL...PRINCE GEORGES...CALVERT...
  HARFORD...CHARLES...ST. MARYS AND SOUTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTIES...

IN VIRGINIA...
  NELSON...ORANGE...KING GEORGE...GREENE...HIGHLAND...STAFFORD...
  MADISON...CULPEPER...PAGE...RAPPAHANNOCK...FAUQUIER...WARREN...
  SHENANDOAH...CLARKE...LOUDOUN...ALBEMARLE...AUGUSTA...
  SPOTSYLVANIA...ROCKINGHAM...PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS
  PARK...ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA...FAIRFAX AND FREDERICK
  COUNTIES...

IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  PENDLETON...HARDY...JEFFERSON...HAMPSHIRE...BERKELEY...MINERAL...
  MORGAN AND GRANT COUNTIES...

AND...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...

THE REMNANTS OF FRANCES WILL PROGRESS NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF STATES
INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES TONIGHT...AND IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH
THURSDAY. RAINFALL FROM THE SYSTEM COULD BE SIGNIFICANT ACROSS THE
REGION. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALONG THE EASTERN
SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS AND THE BLUE RIDGE WHERE 3 TO 5
INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 2 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN IS EXPECTED EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...WHERE LOCALLY HIGHER
RAINFALL MAY OCCUR AS WELL.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE HAVE ACCUMULATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE SUNDAY. THE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM FRANCES WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING IN THESE
LOCATIONS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING BEGINNING AS
EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
RIVERS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MUDSLIDES MAY BECOME A PROBLEM
WEDNESDAY ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AS WELL.
EVENTUALLY...MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE POTOMAC...SHENANDOAH...AND
RAPPAHANNOCK MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES LATER IN THE WEEK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET
AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/LWX IN LOWER CASE LETTERS. FLOOD WARNINGS WILL
BE ISSUED WHEN FLOODING BECOMES IMMINENT.

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