With another round of rain expected Thursday, the National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch starting at noon for Montgomery County and the entire Washington area.
About 1-2 inches of rain fell starting Wednesday, bringing flash floods to much of Potomac:
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MARYLAND…THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA…VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN MARYLAND…CARROLL…CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY…EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY…FREDERICK MD… HARFORD…HOWARD…MONTGOMERY…NORTHERN BALTIMORE…PRINCE GEORGES…SOUTHERN BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN VIRGINIA…ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA… CLARKE…CULPEPER…FAIRFAX…FREDERICK VA…GREENE… LOUDOUN…MADISON…NORTHERN FAUQUIER…PAGE…PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK…RAPPAHANNOCK…ROCKINGHAM…SHENANDOAH…SOUTHERN FAUQUIER AND WARREN. IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…BERKELEY…EASTERN GRANT…EASTERN MINERAL…EASTERN PENDLETON…HAMPSHIRE…HARDY…JEFFERSON…MORGAN…WESTERN GRANT…WESTERN MINERAL AND WESTERN PENDLETON.
* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING
* ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…IN ADDITION TO THE RAINFALL FROM THE WEDNESDAY. A GENERAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT… NORTHERN MARYLAND…THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE…AND PORTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA. ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
MCFRS spokesperson tweeted that the department handled a number of water rescues involving cars stuck on flooded roads in Potomac. At least three homes in the western part of the county were struck by lightning, resulting in damage, Piringer said.
MCFRS plans to have additional resources available Thursday for any rain-related emergencies.
