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Including the cities of Washington, Hagerstown, Frederick, 
Ballenger Creek, Eldersburg, Westminster, Reisterstown, 
Cockeysville, Baltimore, Bowie, Suitland-Silver Hill, Clinton, 
College Park, Greenbelt, Laurel, Camp Springs, Glen Burnie, 
Annapolis, Severn, South Gate, Severna Park, Arnold, Odenton, 
St. Charles, Waldorf, Lexington Park, California, 
Chesapeake Beach, Huntingtown, Dunkirk, North Beach, Lusby, 
Prince Frederick, Frostburg, Cumberland, Germantown, Damascus, 
Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Lisbon, 
Columbia, Ellicott City, Jarrettsville, Aberdeen, Strasburg, 
Woodstock, Mount Jackson, New Market, Winchester, Luray, 
Shenandoah, Stanley, Front Royal, Berryville, Stanardsville, 
Madison, Orange, Gordonsville, Culpeper, Dale City, Manassas, 
Woodbridge, Lake Ridge, Montclair, Reston, Herndon, Annandale, 
Centreville, Chantilly, McLean, Franconia, Arlington, Alexandria,
Falmouth, Fredericksburg, Dahlgren, Warrenton, Turnbull, 
Purcellville, Leesburg, Ashburn, Sterling, Big Meadows, Romney, 
Paw Paw, Martinsburg, Charles Town, Shepherdstown, Moorefield, 
Bayard, Mount Storm, Petersburg, Elk Garden, Antioch, Keyser, 
New Creek, Ridgeville, Russelldale, Headsville, and Fort Ashby
1051 AM EDT Fri Jul 28 2017

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

The Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for

* Portions of Maryland, The District of Columbia, Virginia, and 
West Virginia, including the following areas, in Maryland, 
Anne Arundel, Calvert, Carroll, Central and Eastern Allegany, 
Central and Southeast Howard, Central and Southeast 
Montgomery, Charles, Extreme Western Allegany, Frederick MD, 
Northern Baltimore, Northwest Harford, Northwest Howard, 
Northwest Montgomery, Prince Georges, Southeast Harford, 
Southern Baltimore, St. Marys, and Washington. The District of 
Columbia. In Virginia, Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, 
Clarke, Culpeper, Eastern Loudoun, Fairfax, Frederick VA, 
Greene, King George, Madison, Northern Fauquier, Northern 
Virginia Blue Ridge, Orange, Page, Prince 
William/Manassas/Manassas Park, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, 
Southern Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren, and Western 
Loudoun. In West Virginia, Berkeley, Eastern Grant, Eastern 
Mineral, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Western Grant, 
and Western Mineral. 

* Through Saturday afternoon

* Low pressure will develop over the Mid Atlantic today and move 
slowly off the coast through Saturday. This system will have 
the potential to bring 3 inches or more of rain to the region 
through Saturday afternoon. Thunderstorms could cause locally 
higher rainfall amounts. 

* Heavy rainfall may result in rapid rises in streams and 
creeks. This could quickly result in flooding...especially in 
low lying and poor drainage areas. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

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