Weather
Flood Watch Issued For 11 Maryland Counties And Baltimore City
A flood watch has been issued for much of Maryland, and weather officials say saturated ground makes the region vulnerable.
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch from Thursday to Friday for parts of Maryland. Also included in the watch are swaths of Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
As a wave of low pressure moves along a stalled front Thursday, showers will spread from southwest to northeast, according to the National Weather Service.
Locally heavy rain is possible and so is flooding, particularly given the saturated ground; a flood watch means there is potential for flooding based on the forecast.
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The following are included in the flood watch:
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- Anne Arundel County (watch is 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday)
- Baltimore City (watch is 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday)
- Baltimore County (watch is 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday)
- Carroll County (watch is 6 p.m. Thursday to 4 a.m. Friday)
- Cecil County (watch is 8 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday)
- Frederick County (watch is noon Thursday to 4 a.m. Friday)
- Harford County (watch is 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday)
- Howard County (watch is 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday)
- Kent County (watch is 8 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday)
- Montgomery County (watch is 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday)
- Prince George's County (watch is 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday)
- Washington County (watch is noon Thursday to 4 a.m. Friday)
Weather officials named the following as at risk for flooding: Aberdeen, Annapolis, Arnold, Baltimore, Bethesda, Bowie, Camp Springs, Chestertown, Clinton, Cockeysville, College Park, Columbia, Damascus, Eldersburg, Ellicott City, Elkton, Frederick, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Glen Burnie, Greenbelt, Hagerstown, Jarrettsville, Laurel, Lisbon, Odenton, Reisterstown, Rockville, Severn, Severna Park, Silver Spring, South Gate, Suitland-Silver Hill and Westminster.
Temperatures will be below 70 during the day, with lows in the 50s at night, forecasters said.
The heaviest rain is expected to occur late Thursday afternoon into the evening, overnight around D.C. and around dawn on Friday morning in the northeast, according to the forecast.
See a map of the weather alerts from the National Weather Service.
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