HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 603 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST THU DEC 03 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
602 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
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WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-
ORANGE-CULPEPER-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-
HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
602 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000
FT ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE
MOUNTAINS AND IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT. A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ALONG THE APPALACHIANS TONIGHT AND WILL
BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN TO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. THIS RAIN
COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
UPSLOPE RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE ALLEGHENY FRONT WILL CHANGE TO SNOW
THURSDAY AS COLD AIR BUILDS IN BEHIND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE
ALLEGHENY FRONT LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
ACCUMULATING SNOW ALSO IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES
NORTHWARD OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 138 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 03 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL MARYLAND...THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA...PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.
* FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* LOW PRESSURE ENTERING WEST TENNESSEE WILL BE TRACKING NORTHEAST
TONIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED IN THE MID
ATLANTIC STATES EAST OF I-81...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 3 AM.
RAINFALL OF BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS WILL BE ENOUGH
TO CAUSE FLOODING.
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.
$$
AW/GS