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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 11:17 PM Jul. 9, 2025 – National Weather Service
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 497 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD EASTERN BAY CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH ISLAND
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 11:17 PM Jul. 9, 2025 – National Weather Service
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 497 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND ANNE ARUNDEL HOWARD PRINCE GEORGES IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND CECIL IN NORTHERN MARYLAND BALTIMORE BALTIMORE CITY HARFORD IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND CALVERT CHARLES ST. MARYS IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA KING GEORGE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA ARLINGTON CITY OF ALEXANDRIA CITY OF FALLS CHURCH CITY OF MANASSAS PARK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ALEXANDRIA, ANNAPOLIS, ARLINGTON, ARNOLD, BALTIMORE, BEL AIR, BOWIE, CALIFORNIA, CAMP SPRINGS, CATONSVILLE, CHESAPEAKE BEACH, CLINTON, COLLEGE PARK, COLUMBIA, DAHLGREN, DUNDALK, DUNKIRK, EDGEWOOD, ELKTON, ELLICOTT CITY, ESSEX, FALLS CHURCH, FALLSTON, GLEN BURNIE, GREENBELT, HAVRE DE GRACE, HUNTINGTOWN, JOPPATOWNE, LAUREL, LEXINGTON PARK, LUSBY, MANASSAS PARK, NORTH BEACH, ODENTON, PARKVILLE, PIKESVILLE, PRINCE FREDERICK, RANDALLSTOWN, SEVERN, SEVERNA PARK, SOUTH GATE, ST. CHARLES, SUITLAND-SILVER HILL, TOWSON, WALDORF, AND WASHINGTON.
Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 11:10 PM Jul. 9, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... West Central Anne Arundel County in central Maryland... Southeastern Montgomery County in central Maryland... Prince Georges County in central Maryland... * Until 1015 PM EDT. * At 710 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 20 minutes. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Bowie... College Park... Greenbelt... Langley Park... Beltsville... Bladensburg... University of Maryland... Odenton... Laurel... Landover... Hyattsville... White Oak... Takoma Park... East Riverdale... Adelphi... New Carrollton... Fort Meade... Riverdale Park... Cheverly... Hillandale... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED; EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 20 MINUTES
Flood Watch
Issued: 7:04 PM Jul. 9, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of DC, including the following , District of Columbia, Maryland, including the following areas, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Central and Southeast Howard, Central and Southeast Montgomery, Charles, Frederick MD, Northern Baltimore, Northwest Harford, Northwest Howard, Northwest Montgomery, Prince Georges, Southeast Harford, Southern Baltimore and St. Marys, Virginia, including the following areas, Albemarle, Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, Augusta, Central Virginia Blue Ridge, Central and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park, Clarke, Culpeper, Eastern Loudoun, Fairfax, Greene, King George, Madison, Nelson, Northern Fauquier, Northern Virginia Blue Ridge, Northwest Prince William, Orange, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Southern Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren and Western Loudoun, and panhandle West Virginia, including the following area, Jefferson. * WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Numerous showers and thunderstorms will move across the area this afternoon and evening. Rainfall rates of up to 3 inches per hour are possible, which may lead to scattered instances of flash flooding where the heavy rain persists the longest. - Please visit www.weather.gov/safety/flood for flood safety and preparedness information PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. &&
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