Joelle Lang-Fredman
Wmal.com
WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Don’t put away your umbrellas just yet.
After a long night of heavy rainfall, grounds are saturated and many local creeks have filled beyond their banks, flooding local roads.
Forecasters expect rain to continue through Saturday.
“These kind of systems are often hard to predict both because they move slowly and erratically,” Ray Martin, meteorologist with the National Weather Service said. ” Right now we do have chance of rain through Saturday and we may not completely dry out until Sunday.”
There is a flood warning in effect. for Maryland, D.C. and Virginia.
The Maryland and D.C. warning reads:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-PRINCE GEORGES MD-HOWARD MD-MONTGOMERY MD-
ANNE ARUNDEL MD-
858 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
…A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA…NORTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGES…
HOWARD…EASTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHWESTERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTIES…
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN ENDING ACROSS THE AREA.
STREAMS ARE STILL RISING AFTER THE EARLIER RAIN…AND A COUPLE
REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. UP TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE FLOOD THREAT SHOULD BE DECREASING THROUGH LATE
MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED. HOWEVER…MORE HEAVY
RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
COLUMBIA…ROCKVILLE…BETHESDA…BOWIE…SEVERN…OLNEY…COLLEGE
PARK…GREENBELT…LANGLEY PARK…BELTSVILLE…ELKRIDGE…
BLADENSBURG…FEDEX FIELD…BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON AIRPORT…BYRD
STADIUM…HOWARD UNIVERSITY…ELLICOTT CITY…ASPEN HILL…POTOMAC
AND NORTH BETHESDA.
The Virginia flood warning reads:
FAIRFAX VA-PRINCE WILLIAM VA-STAFFORD VA-CULPEPER VA-
849 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
…A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FAIRFAX…SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM…STAFFORD AND
SOUTHEASTERN CULPEPER COUNTIES…
AT 847 AM EDT…SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES WERE STILL REPORTED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE AREA FROM FAIRFAX COUNTY SOUTHWARD ALONG INTERSTATE
95. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER AND STREAMS REMAIN
ELEVATED. THE FLOOD THREAT SHOULD SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
ALEXANDRIA…STAFFORD…DALE CITY…ANNANDALE…SPRINGFIELD…
FREDERICKSBURG…FAIRFAX…FORT HUNT…GROVETON…HUNTINGTON…
MANTUA…FORT BELVOIR…WOODBRIDGE…QUANTICO…POTOMAC CREEK…AQUIA
CREEK…LAKE RIDGE…BURKE…LINCOLNIA AND MONTCLAIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TURN AROUND…DON`T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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