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Saturday, March 5, 2011 3:11:09 PM
FORECAST NOTES: EXPECT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WITH FLURRIES ON THE BACK SIDE LATE SATURDAY THRU SUNDAY ... THEN EXPECT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN WITH COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLY ENDING AS SOME LIGHT SNOW FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THRU LATE THURSDAY NIGHT !!!
THE FLOOD THREAT FROM THURSDAY'S STORM:
THE STRONG STORM THREAT FROM THURSDAY'S STORM:
A LOOK AT THE NEW RAPID REFRESH MODEL FOR LATE THURSDAY:
TO SEE THIS MODEL JUST GOOGLE THE WORDS "RAPID AND REFRESH"
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Monday, March 7, 2011 2:25:30 AM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
651 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
• PORTIONS OF MARYLAND...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND NORTHERN
VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MARYLAND...ANNE
ARUNDEL...CARROLL...FREDERICK MD...HARFORD...HOWARD...
MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN BALTIMORE...PRINCE GEORGES AND SOUTHERN
BALTIMORE. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA...FAIRFAX AND LOUDOUN.
• UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT
• MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUING THIS EVENING WILL KEEP THE
POTENTIAL OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. STORM-TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
MONITOR FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE
LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Monday, March 7, 2011 2:25:56 AM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
820 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
.NOW...
AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHERN
NECK OF VIRGINIA...AND WILL IMPACT THE I-95 EAST TO THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY THROUGH 10 PM. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LIKELY SEND SMALL
STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND CAUSE WATER TO RUN ACROSS ROADS.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 30S. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF
THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Monday, March 7, 2011 2:26:19 AM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
856 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
• DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA INCLUDING THE IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE
CORRIDOR. PLEASE REFER TO TO THE FLOOD WATCH MESSAGE WBCFFALWX FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE
MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER.
• DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY FOR THE
MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO MONDAY NIGHT FOR A PORTION
OF THE WATERS.
• SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
RAINFALL AND FLOODING REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Tuesday, March 8, 2011 9:15:54 AM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
314 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2011
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
• FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MARYLAND...THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA AND VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
MARYLAND...ANNE ARUNDEL...CARROLL...FREDERICK MD...HARFORD...
HOWARD...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN BALTIMORE...PRINCE GEORGES AND
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN VIRGINIA...
ALBEMARLE...ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA...CULPEPER...
FAIRFAX...GREENE...LOUDOUN...MADISON...NELSON...NORTHERN
FAUQUIER...ORANGE...PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK...
RAPPAHANNOCK...SOUTHERN FAUQUIER...SPOTSYLVANIA AND STAFFORD.
• FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
• PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY 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.
HTS
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Wednesday, March 9, 2011 4:22:29 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1111 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
• DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE
BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER THROUGH TONIGHT.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE
METROPOLITAN AREAS TONIGHT...INCLUDING LOWER SOUTHERN MARYLAND
BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HAZARD MESSAGE
/WBCFFALWX/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
• DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE
BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER THURSDAY.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE
METROPOLITAN AREAS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO
THE LATEST HAZARD MESSAGE /WBCFFALWX/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE WESTERN
SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ALONG THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER
THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
HAZARD MESSAGE /WBCCFWLWX/ FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
• SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Wednesday, March 9, 2011 4:23:17 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1104 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
• TIDAL ANOMALY...TWO TO THREE FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
• TIMING...NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING
WILL BE WITH THE THURSDAY EVENING HIGH TIDE CYCLE.
• EXPECTED IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE
WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ALONG THE TIDAL POTOMAC
RIVER.
HERE ARE THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES ON THURSDAY FOR
A FEW LOCATIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...
ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
HAVRE DE GRACE...1:13 PM...
BOWLEY BAR...10:51 AM AND 11:10 PM...
FORT MCHENRY BALTIMORE...10:00 AM AND 10:19 PM...
ANNAPOLIS U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY...8:30 AM AND 8:49 PM...
CHESAPEAKE BEACH...7:13 AM AND 7:32 PM...
SOLOMONS ISLAND...5:41 PM...
POINT LOOKOUT...4:51 PM...
NOW ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER...
WASHINGTON CHANNEL...11:06 AM AND 11:47 PM...
ALEXANDRIA...11:24 AM...
INDIAN HEAD...10:52 AM AND 11:33 PM...
AQUIA CREEK...9:38 AM AND 10:19 PM...
GOOSE BAY...6:58 AM AND 7:39 PM...
COLTONS POINT...6:29 PM...
JRK
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Wednesday, March 9, 2011 4:23:46 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
902 AM EST WED MAR 9 2011
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
• PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN MARYLAND...THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA...EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
• FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING 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.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, March 10, 2011 4:55:50 AM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
952 PM EST WED MAR 9 2011
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON EST
THURSDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON EST
THURSDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
• TIDAL ANOMALY...ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL THURSDAY MORNING.
TIDAL ANOMALIES MAY BE TWO TO THREE FEET ABOVE THURSDAY EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT.
• TIMING...NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING.
• EXPECTED IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE WESTERN
SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER DURING
HIGH TIDE THURSDAY MORNING. POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE COASTAL
FLOODING DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE THURSDAY EVENING.
HERE ARE THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES THURSDAY FOR
A FEW LOCATIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...
ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
HAVRE DE GRACE...1:13 PM...
BOWLEY BAR...10:51 AM AND 11:10 PM...
FORT MCHENRY BALTIMORE...10:00 AM AND 10:19 PM...
ANNAPOLIS U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY...8:30 AM AND 8:49 PM...
CHESAPEAKE BEACH...7:13 AM AND 7:32 PM...
SOLOMONS ISLAND...5:41 PM...
POINT LOOKOUT...4:51 PM...
NOW ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER...
WASHINGTON CHANNEL...11:06 AM AND 11:47 PM...
ALEXANDRIA...11:24 AM...
INDIAN HEAD...10:52 AM AND 11:33 PM...
AQUIA CREEK...9:38 AM AND 10:19 PM...
GOOSE BAY...6:59 PM AND 7:39 PM...
COLTONS POINT...6:29 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, March 10, 2011 3:39:47 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
946 AM EST THU MAR 10 2011
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST FRIDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST FRIDAY.
THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE COASTAL FLOOD
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
• TIDAL ANOMALY...2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
• TIMING...NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH TONIGHT.
• EXPECTED IMPACTS...MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
HERE ARE THE TIMES OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES
FOR A FEW LOCATIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...
ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
HAVRE DE GRACE...1:13 PM AND 1:32 AM...
BOWLEY BAR...10:51 AM AND 11:10 PM...
FORT MCHENRY BALTIMORE...10:00 AM AND 10:19 PM...
ANNAPOLIS U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY...8:49 PM...
CHESAPEAKE BEACH...7:32 PM...
SOLOMONS ISLAND...5:41 PM...
POINT LOOKOUT...4:51 PM...
NOW ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER...
WASHINGTON CHANNEL...11:06 AM AND 11:47 PM...
ALEXANDRIA...11:24 AM AND 12:05 AM...
INDIAN HEAD...10:52 AM AND 11:33 PM...
AQUIA CREEK...9:38 AM AND 10:19 PM...
GOOSE BAY...7:39 PM...
COLTONS POINT...6:29 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, March 10, 2011 3:40:22 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
416 AM EST THU MAR 10 2011
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
• PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTH-CENTRAL AND
EASTERN MARYLAND INCLUDING THE WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE
METROPOLITAN AREAS.
• THROUGH THIS EVENING
• PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL
AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. BY THE TIME THE FRONT
CLEARS THE AREA TONIGHT...TWO THE THREE INCHES OF RAIN WITH ARE
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.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:41:12 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1200 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST
FRIDAY...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST FRIDAY.
• TIDAL ANOMALY...2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
• TIMING...NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH TONIGHT.
• EXPECTED IMPACTS...MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING DURING TIMES OF
HIGH TIDE.
HERE ARE THE TIMES OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES
FOR A FEW LOCATIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...
ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
HAVRE DE GRACE...1:13 PM AND 1:32 AM...
BOWLEY BAR...11:10 PM...
FORT MCHENRY BALTIMORE...10:19 PM...
ANNAPOLIS U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY...8:49 PM...
CHESAPEAKE BEACH...7:32 PM...
SOLOMONS ISLAND...5:41 PM...
POINT LOOKOUT...4:51 PM...
NOW ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER...
WASHINGTON CHANNEL...11:47 PM...
ALEXANDRIA...12:05 AM...
INDIAN HEAD...11:33 PM...
AQUIA CREEK...10:19 PM...
GOOSE BAY...7:39 PM...
COLTONS POINT...6:29 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:43:14 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1237 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
• FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND
HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND
BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND
BALTIMORE CITY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND
HARFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND
• UNTIL 430 PM EST
• AT 1234 PM EST RADAR ESTIMATES AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE OVER
AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST SIX HOURS IN THE BALTIMORE
METRO REGION.
• NUMEROUS AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE RISEN OWING TO THE RAINFALL
AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AS MORE RAIN CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3943 7632 3939 7633 3939 7636 3938 7634
3932 7635 3927 7640 3923 7638 3919 7644
3921 7646 3920 7649 3925 7655 3926 7660
3914 7642 3911 7643 3911 7685 3922 7690
3972 7679 3972 7623
SMZ/SBK/JE
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, March 11, 2011 5:00:20 AM
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, March 11, 2011 5:01:42 AM
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, March 11, 2011 3:40:59 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
313 AM EST FRI MAR 11 2011
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
• TIDAL ANOMALY...2.0 TO 3.0 FEET ABOVE NORMAL EARLY THIS MORNING
DECREASING TO 1.0 TO 2.0 FEET ABOVE NORMAL BY THIS AFTERNOON.
• TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
• EXPECTED IMPACTS...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
HERE ARE THE TIMES OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES
FOR A FEW LOCATIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...
ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
HAVRE DE GRACE...1:59 PM...
BOWLEY BAR...11:37 AM...
FORT MCHENRY BALTIMORE...10:46 AM...
ANNAPOLIS U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY...9:16 AM...
CHESAPEAKE BEACH...7:59 AM...
SOLOMONS ISLAND...6:08 AM...
POINT LOOKOUT...5:18 AM...
NOW ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER...
WASHINGTON CHANNEL...11:49 AM...
ALEXANDRIA...12:07 PM...
INDIAN HEAD...11:35 AM...
AQUIA CREEK...10:21 AM...
GOOSE BAY...7:41 AM...
COLTONS POINT...6:31 AM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, March 11, 2011 5:04:50 PM
30 hours for the storm that has been affecting our region.
Appreciation is extended to Highway departments... cooperative
observers... Skywarn spotters and media for these reports. This
summary is also available on our home Page at weather.Gov/Baltimore
********************storm total rainfall********************
Location storm total time/date comments
rainfall of
/inches/ measurement
District of Columbia
... District of Columbia...
1 SW American univer 2.50 1200 am 3/11 trained spotter
Maryland
... Anne Arundel County...
1 NNW parole 3.05 125 am 3/11 trained spotter
1 N balt-wash Intl a 2.63 300 am 3/11 ASOS
1 W Arnold 2.34 422 PM 3/10 mesonet
2 NW Riva 2.22 630 am 3/11 trained spotter
3 E Laurel 2.03 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 se Deale 1.97 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
Churchton 1.20 1000 am 3/10 trained spotter
... Baltimore County...
1 SW Long Green 4.61 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 ENE Ruxton 3.86 1115 PM 3/10 mesonet
1 W Hampton 3.83 700 am 3/11 trained spotter
1 NE Lutherville 3.81 1159 PM 3/10 mesonet
1 NE Rossville 3.12 1200 am 3/11 trained spotter
2 WNW Catonsville 2.95 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
2 ESE White Marsh 2.66 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
NE Reisterstown 2.62 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 NNE Rosedale 2.18 700 am 3/11 trained spotter
... Baltimore City...
Pimlico 3.94 1130 PM 3/10 trained spotter
1 SSE downtown balti 2.83 300 am 3/11 ASOS
1 ENE Baltimore 2.78 513 PM 3/10 mesonet
... Calvert County...
2 WNW Huntingtown 2.00 805 am 3/11 trained spotter
North Beach 1.49 744 am 3/11 co-op observer
... Carroll County...
Manchester 3.45 1049 PM 3/10 mesonet
1 W Westminster 1.78 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
4 NE Taneytown 1.41 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
... Charles County...
Waldorf 2.16 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
3 WNW La Plata 2.02 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 SW Bryans Road 1.49 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
... Frederick County...
Myersville 2.19 700 am 3/11 trained spotter
2 NW New Market 1.25 815 PM 3/10 trained spotter
... Harford County...
2 W Churchville 4.52 1131 PM 3/10 mesonet
3 ESE Norrisville 4.22 1127 PM 3/10 mesonet
3 N Hickory 4.04 1152 PM 3/10 mesonet
Whiteford 3.48 910 am 3/11 trained spotter
2 E Scarboro 2.37 956 am 3/11 trained spotter
... Howard County...
1 S Daniels 3.41 1049 PM 3/10 mesonet
2 W Columbia 2.27 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
3 NW Columbia 2.22 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
2 WNW Ellicott City 2.16 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
2 SSE Sykesville 1.87 1019 am 3/11 cocorahs
... Montgomery County...
White Oak 2.22 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
Silver Spring 2.13 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 NNW Takoma Park 2.02 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 NE Wheaton 2.02 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 ESE Norbeck 1.91 1200 am 3/11 trained spotter
1 se Norbeck 1.91 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
2 W Rockville 1.81 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 W Rockville 1.79 1030 PM 3/10 trained spotter
1 NW Gaithersburg 1.53 800 am 3/11 trained spotter
... Prince Georges County...
Brandywine 2.55 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 E Bowie 2.22 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 W Oxon Hill 1.92 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
Laurel 1.57 200 PM 3/10 public
3 ENE Glenn Dale 1.45 1200 am 3/11 trained spotter
... St. Marys County...
Great Mills 2.83 1200 am 3/11 trained spotter
Hollywood 1.31 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
Leonardtown 0.97 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
... Washington County...
1 NE Maugansville 1.57 300 am 3/11 ASOS
8 ENE Martinsburg 1.51 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
3 ENE Williamsport 1.49 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
Smithsburg 1.30 1200 am 3/11 trained spotter
Virginia
... Albemarle County...
1 N Advance Mills 2.90 440 PM 3/10 trained spotter
1 NNW Hollymead 2.53 300 am 3/11 ASOS
Earlysville 2.48 957 am 3/11 co-op observer
... Arlington County...
1 S Reagan National 1.47 300 am 3/11 ASOS
... Augusta County...
2 S Craigsville 2.21 444 PM 3/10 co-op observer
... City of Alexandria...
1 E Alexandria 1.38 600 PM 3/10 trained spotter
... City of Charlottesville...
1 NNE charlottesvill 1.20 740 am 3/10 trained spotter
... City of Harrisonburg...
2 W Keezletown 0.90 430 PM 3/10 trained spotter
... Clarke County...
ESE Berryville 1.34 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
... Culpeper County...
6 N Rixeyville 2.82 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
3 N Rixeyville 2.73 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
6 NNE Rixeyville 2.68 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
... Fairfax County...
West Springfield 2.55 1030 PM 3/10 trained spotter
1 NE Burke 2.00 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 NNE Fairfax statio 1.70 1200 am 3/11 trained spotter
1 W Vienna 1.58 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
Vienna 0.61 820 am 3/10 co-op observer
... Fauquier County...
6 S Warrenton 2.55 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
4 se Warrenton 1.87 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
4 ENE Remington 1.40 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
... Frederick County...
2 E Stephens City 1.16 1200 am 3/11 trained spotter
... Loudoun County...
3 WSW Round Hill 2.14 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 WNW Leesburg 2.03 915 PM 3/10 NWS employee
2 NNW Dulles interna 1.77 747 am 3/11 co-op observer
1 NNE Dulles interna 1.55 300 am 3/11 ASOS
Leesburg 1.50 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
... Madison County...
3 ESE Madison 2.29 1200 am 3/11 trained spotter
... Prince William County...
1 SSW Woodbridge 2.18 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
... Rappahannock County...
3 W Washington 2.56 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
... Shenandoah County...
4 N Strasburg 1.41 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
... Spotsylvania County...
5 SSW Fredericksburg 1.65 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
... Stafford County...
2 NNW Stafford 1.85 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
West Virginia
... Berkeley County...
2 NW Falling Waters 1.94 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 WNW Bunker Hill 1.70 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 N Martinsburg Arpt 1.41 300 am 3/11 ASOS
... Hampshire County...
2 WNW Lehew 2.00 1040 PM 3/10
2 ESE Springfield 1.42 700 am 3/11 cocorahs
1 WSW Capon Bridge 0.75 1200 am 3/11 trained spotter
... Jefferson County...
2 ESE winebrenners c 0.87 731 am 3/11 trained spotter
** NO CURRENT ADVISORY IN EFFECT **blazin3596 # Friday, March 11, 2011 5:06:22 PM
a record rainfall of 2.61 inch(es) was set at Baltimore MD yesterday.
This breaks the old record of 1.74 set in 1883.
STORM REPORT:
2 miles SW of Londontowne, Anne Arundel County.
Flood, reported by amateur radio.
Intersection of Brick Church Road and Route 2 closed
due to flooding.
03/10/2011 0738 PM