FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
923 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009

WASHINGTON-EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-
FREDERICK VA-CLARKE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-
WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FROSTBURG...CUMBERLAND...
WINCHESTER...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN...BAYARD...PETERSBURG...
EMORYVILLE...HARTMANSVILLE...KEYSER...FORT ASHBY
923 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MARYLAND...NORTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN MARYLAND...CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY...EXTREME
WESTERN ALLEGANY AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHWEST VIRGINIA...
CLARKE AND FREDERICK VA. IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
BERKELEY...EASTERN GRANT...EASTERN MINERAL...HAMPSHIRE...
HARDY...JEFFERSON...MORGAN...WESTERN GRANT AND WESTERN MINERAL.

* UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY

* A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN
  MARYLAND...THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF
  THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO
  LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

* ACROSS PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA...RAINFALL OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES IN
  ONE HOUR...OR RAINFALL OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES IN ABOUT 3 HOURS...WOULD
  CAUSE FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS. HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

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.