TORNADO watch in effect

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
650 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 280 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

ALBEMARLE GREENE NELSON
ORANGE

IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

CULPEPER

IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

MADISON PAGE RAPPAHANNOCK
SHENANDOAH WARREN

IN WESTERN VIRGINIA

AUGUSTA HIGHLAND ROCKINGHAM

IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA

GRANT HARDY PENDLETON

IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 INDEPENDENT CITIES

IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

CHARLOTTESVILLE

IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA

CITY OF HARRISONBURG

IN WESTERN VIRGINIA

CITY OF STAUNTON CITY OF WAYNESBORO

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BAYARD...CHARLOTTESVILLE...
CHARLOTTESVILLE...CULPEPER...FRANKLIN...FRONT ROYAL...
GREENFIELD...HARRISONBURG...HARRISONBURG...LURAY...MADISON...
MONTEREY...MOOREFIELD...ORANGE...PETERSBURG...STANARDSVILLE...
STAUNTON...STAUNTON...STRASBURG...WASHINGTON...WAYNESBORO...
WAYNESBORO AND WOODSTOCK.

Everyone stay safe! Hope this just stays a watch. This is the only thing I hate about this time of the year! I used to love spring storms till I saw a tornado and it's after-math.

I know. We had some pretty bad ones come through here a few years ago.

As if a tornado watch isn't bad enough, we're under a flood watch too. This covers considerably more territory than the tornado watch.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
319 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...
DCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-501-502-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-
050>056-WVZ050>055-501>504-090330-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FA.A.0004.080509T0100Z-080509T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-
NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-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-
PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-HAMPSHIRE-
MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-
EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK...
WESTMINSTER...GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS...
FROSTBURG...CUMBERLAND...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...
WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL...CHARLOTTESVILLE...LEESBURG...
CULPEPER...MANASSAS...MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...
FALLS CHURCH...FREDERICKSBURG...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN...
BAYARD...PETERSBURG...EMORYVILLE...HARTMANSVILLE...KEYSER...
FORT ASHBY
319 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MARYLAND...THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA...VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MARYLAND...ANNE ARUNDEL...CARROLL...
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY...EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY...
FREDERICK MD...HARFORD...HOWARD...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN
BALTIMORE...PRINCE GEORGES...SOUTHERN BALTIMORE AND
WASHINGTON. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN VIRGINIA...
ALBEMARLE...ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA...AUGUSTA...
CLARKE...CULPEPER...FAIRFAX...FAUQUIER...FREDERICK VA...
GREENE...HIGHLAND...LOUDOUN...MADISON...NELSON...ORANGE...
PAGE...PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK...RAPPAHANNOCK...
ROCKINGHAM...SHENANDOAH...SPOTSYLVANIA...STAFFORD AND WARREN.
IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...BERKELEY...EASTERN GRANT...
EASTERN MINERAL...HAMPSHIRE...HARDY...JEFFERSON...MORGAN...
PENDLETON...WESTERN GRANT AND WESTERN MINERAL.

* FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS EVENING
WILL APPROACH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL
BRING HEAVY RAIN TO THE REGION TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED REGION
WIDE...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ALONG AND EAST OF
THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR BETWEEN FREDERICKSBURG VIRGINIA AND
BALTIMORE MARYLAND. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD FROM THE
SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE
TIME OF ONSET FOR THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN THE CENTRAL SHENANDOAH
VALLEY AND POTOMAC HIGHLANDS WILL BETWEEN 10 PM AND
MIDNIGHT...AND FOR THE GREATER WASHINGTON/BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN
AREAS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL END BY LATE
FRIDAY MORNING.

* THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS. ALSO...URBAN AREAS PRONE TO POOR DRAINAGE WILL BE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING.

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.

thanks for posting- hope everybody has battened dow nthe hatches

Wow, we sure are having some weather here now, it is pouring down, but the worst is moving away from us-
I turned off the tv & pc-don't wanna lose my work equipment to a storm, surge protectors or not. So I am cuddled on the couch with my snoring critters & surfing on my iPhone :-)