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Looks like we've got round two of this morning's crazy storms heading our way. The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m., along with a flash flood watch until 11 p.m. for the D.C. metro area. The current estimate is that this storm activity will get going in full force by about 5 p.m., so hold on to your hats on those evening commutes, and seriously, don't attempt to drive through flooded roadways. Also watch out for potentially pretty sizable hail.

It's not time to bring out Davy DCist in a boat, but the National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood advisory for D.C., Prince George's, southern Maryland, Fairfax, Alexandria, Arlington, and few other Virginia counties. The advisory, which is in effect until 11 a.m. Tuesday, says tides will be one to two feet higher due to the phase of the moon and onshore winds, which may cause minor coastal flooding around high tide, especially in low-lying areas like Alexandria and Annapolis. The advisory lists all the jurisdictions and high tide times.

Mayor Fenty's office sent out a press release on Wednesday to announce that the District will spend $2.5 million to improve the 17th Street levee. As you may recall, the Federal Emergency Management Agency proposed new flood maps in January to include an area in Southwest Washington from the Lincoln Memorial to Fort McNair. The change would have required many private property owners to purchase mandatory flood insurance, but FEMA recently agreed to delay implementation of the new maps. The city hopes the plan will prevent insurance premiums from spiking in the proposed flood plain.

A heavy rain and high wind advisory has been issued from 1 p.m. today until 4 p.m. tomorrow afternoon for the metro region. No snow is expected in D.C., but we'll have plenty of rain and the potential for more flooding. Temperatures are expected to remain in the mid 40s tonight and up to 53 degrees tomorrow during the day, and then dip to a low of 27 degrees late Saturday night into Sunday morning. The rain is expected to end between 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, so looks like the Idiotarod could end up being a bit of a soggy affair.

Mid-December has arrived, and with that comes the inevitable flood of best-of lists. The Washington Area Film Critics' Association has, for the previous five years of its existence, been in the habit of trying to get their own list out ahead of most of the other critics' societies. We can't really blame them. Considering the fact that none of the critics from the city's biggest newspaper are members, not to mention the fact that the...

>> The D.C. Fire Department and WASA have finally agreed to play nice and share their toys and fix the city's terrible fire hydrant mess. We promise to provide the warm cookies and cold milk should they succeed. [WaPo] >> The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch to remain in effect through Saturday morning for much of the D.C. area. [NBC4] >> The sidewalk of 7th St. NW in front of the...

Saxophonist Matt Rippetoe is a busy man. A mainstay within the D.C. jazz circuit, Rippetoe plays regularly with several different groups that cover a variety of styles. He has performed at Bohemian Caverns, Blues Alley, Cafe Nema, Jo-Jos, Tryst, Utopia, Columbia Station... basically all the local places. The time has finally arrived for him to take charge as a band leader and this Sunday, June 29th, at 8 p.m., he will celebrate the release of...

Last June, days of heavy rain flooded the downtown area, sticking the IRS building with a $30 million cleanup bill and costing millions more in disruption of business. Government officials met yesterday to discuss how they might prevent a Deluge '07 (or, more realistically considering we're already in the midst of the summer storm season, a Deluge '08 or '09) from wreaking as much havoc as Deluge '06 most certainly did, especially in regards...

All right, all right. We'll admit that we may have been jumping the gun slightly when, ten days ago, we called the evening's winter weather advisory our "last chance" for snow. But c'mon! It was already March, and beautiful weather was just around the corner. We were sick of hoarding bread, milk and toilet paper; tired of wondering what the hell "liberal leave" meant; and weary from the toll exacted by churning out an...

>> Is that a branch of Rock Creek or is Q St. just happy to see us? It's wet out there and many D.C. streets and sidewalks are swelling over. Parts of our area are still under siege from a storm front that turned deadly in N.C . A flash flood and tornado watch for D.C. should expire at 6 p.m., but don't expect to find completely dry conditions on the commute home. Elsewhere, Stafford,...

Update: The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for southern Prince William County, specifically around Woodbridge (where the IKEA is). This follows warnings in Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg, and Stafford County, so that means it's headed our direction. The storm is moving North at 60 m.p.h., so it may not be long before warnings are issued for our immediate area. We'll keep you apprised. Be careful going outside today, folks: The National Weather Service...

Written by DCist contributor John T Porvaznik. The annual Small Press Expo (SPX) in Bethesda highlights the smaller and less publicized world of sequential art. Though it may be a small event, the Expo is dominated by one large room for exhibitors, from Matt Feazell and his stick-figure satire Cynical Man, to web comic groups like Dumbrella and special guests like Tony Millionaire. The Ignatz Awards (for outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning) and panels...

Good morning, Washington. And what a good morning it is. It's the first day of meteorological autumn, the brutal D.C. summer finally behind us. And is it just us, or was it cool enough last night to very nearly feel "chilly"? So breathe deep the cool, non-swampy air, and maybe skip out of work a little early on this long Labor Day weekend to enjoy the...um...torrential rains. CapitalWeather reports that Tropical Storm Ernesto, which made...

Armageddon is once again upon us. America is on-edge, what with the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina this week, and it seems we can't wait for the next tragedy. Well, if you don't get an actual one, you might as well make one up. If you watch cable news, you'd think that Tropical Storm Ernesto was threatening the East Cost like a modern-day Krushchev. Here in the real world, Ernesto strolled through Florida, barely managing...

Although District residents may be seguing into fall's business-as-usual pace, we're reminded today that, one year after Hurricane Katrina, those who call New Orleans home are still caught up in loose ends and mired in disarray caused by Katrina's aftermath. Area food folks remind us that people still need our help. As Metrocurean reported last week, local restaurants participating in Share our Strength's Restaurants for Relief today, which include Evening Star, Tallula and Capitol Grille,...

Like a villain in a predictable horror movie, Deluge '06 refuses to go away, even after being stabbed, burnt, and buried by angry villagers (us). After being practically washed away last week, Washington enjoyed a nearly precip-free streak of days, before yesterday afternoon's thunderstorms chased hordes of Jason Alexander fans from the Mall and let us all know that our sins had not yet been expunged. Those of you lucky enough to have window views...

Mission: To create a memorable Fourth of July menu that does not involve making this cake. Obstacles: Flood recovery, Miami wannabe terrorists, and bank statement snooping by the feds. Advice: Give these recipes a try. The ricotta, pork marinade, and cornbread can be made a day in advance, giving the chef plenty of time to mix with guests while grilling on the day of the party. Pre-Fireworks Menu Homemade Lemon Ricotta and Red Pepper Spread...

Today Curbed clued us into the many rivalries that exist in New York City, from the basic Manhattan vs. Brooklyn to the L train vs. the F train. This got us to thinking -- what rivalries exist in the Washington area? What really provokes heated debates? What, when mentioned on DCist, yields a flood of comments both pro and con? Today we present some of the basic rivalries that keep things interesting. Of course, this...

Part of DCist's very nearly award-winning Deluge '06 coverage If you get on Rock Creek Parkway at Calvert and Connecticut in Northwest to drive through gorgeous Rock Creek Park on your daily commute, then you, too, have been experiencing a series of headaches and u-turns the past few days. Though local radio has been reporting that parts of the RCP have been reopened, a significant portion of it is still closed. We found a press...

Part of DCist's continuing coverage of Deluge '06. When you headed out in your car yesterday, you probably felt a bit like Noah boarding the ark. You checked your two headlights, two windshield wipers, two pairs of shoes, and, if you were Rush Limbaugh, two Viagra. As the rain takes a breather, let's learn about two D.C. cases involving flood victims that, together, will be necessary for anyone considering suing the city when the...

A once-in-200-years rainstorm, is what that was all about, says the Post. At National Airport, just over one foot of rain fell between Friday morning and yesterday morning, and an additional three or so inches came down last night, continuing to compound flood problems around the region. In Montgomery County, a number of residents were evacuated over fears a Rock Creek dam would burst, and across the metropolitan area getting around has become difficult as...

This is getting pretty ridiculous. The monsoon continues this afternoon and will intensify tonight, dropping comically high amounts of water on much of the region. The National Weather Service has extended its flash flood watch for the area through tomorrow morning, noting:THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED TOTALS TO EIGHT INCHES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.That's how...

Good morning, Washington. And the rain, it continues, though today looks as if it will be better than yesterday. As Maryland State Highway Administration spokesman David Buck was quoted as saying in an AP article on cnn.com, "It's going to be a challenging week." Challenging indeed -- time to order some rain boots. WaPo tells us all about the rain, and though WJLA says crews are still pumping water out of Constitution Avenue, the traffic...

The months since Hurricane Katrina have been filled with the fervor of apocalyptic millennialism for many weather geeks. The Weather Channel has been endlessly running a feature on how dreadful things would be if a Category Five storm trundled up the Hudson, leaving me, as a good Washingtonian, to mutter how Katrina on the Potomac wouldn't exactly be a bag of cupcakes. Newspapers carry, as the Post did yesterday, breathless stories on how the earth...

D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams seems to have been taken aback by "An Inconvenient Truth," the new movie detailing Al Gore's tireless fight against global warming. In a press release dated June 2, Williams mentions the movie alongside a plea for residents to do whatever they can to prevent global warming. Reads the release: “The best time to act is now,” said Mayor Williams. “Global warming is one of the most dire threats we face. Everyone...

Because we love rankings, we now find that even though the District is doing well on sustainability indicators, it may not do too well if an oil crisis hits. According to the folks at SustainLane.com (yep, the sustainability ranking people), the District isn't among the 10 cities that would +Ten+U.S.+Cities+Best+Prepared+for+Oil.html">effectively handle a dramatic jump to $100 barrels of oil. Based primarily on measures of how well people could get around in such circumstances, the site...

Written by DCist contributor Colin Peppard In the third installment of our ongoing feature to highlight the many things our Metro system could use, we turn to our beloved Nationals and the trains that get us to the game. Evening baseball games and rush hour don't mix terribly well. As fans flood the District to cheer the Nats on, commuters are just trying to get home for dinner. Area highways, local roads near RFK,...

This entry was written by DCist contributor Benjamin Kabak. This weekend's action for the Nationals started on Friday afternoon when Major League officials, representatives from Comcast and Mayor Anthony Williams appeared in front of Rep. Tom Davis' (R-Va.) House Government Reform Committee. Davis, in an effort to get all Nationals' games shown on DC-area cable networks, is attempting to broker a deal between Comcast and Peter Angelos that resolves a dispute that has left most...

The official date for the start of the tourist flood is but a few weeks away, but traffic here at Overheard in D.C. has already picked up and we have a steady stream of submissions coming in. For this, we thank you from the bottom of our cold, dark hearts. Hear something too good to keep to yourself? Share it with us at overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com. Quote of the Week At a party...

We don't often report on the happenings of our neighbor to the north, Baltimore. But the picture above -- which I snapped on the Orange Line on Friday night -- reflects a sentiment and phenomenon that has plagued Baltimore in recent years and has been receiving national billing since. This week's Time features an article on the 'Stop Snitching' movement that has swept Baltimore's rough-and-tumble neighborhoods, and has thus far complicated the efforts of...