Photo by FRED KING 1.
Have you been outside yet today? If not—stay inside, trust me, it’s crummy out. It’s been raining pretty much all day and, according to the forecast, it’s supposed to keep raining off and on until late into the night.
As such, the D.C. and surrounding areas are under a flash flood warning, until at least 2:45 p.m. With a flash flood warning, “conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding.” The area under the warning include northern parts of D.C., as well as the southeast parts of Montgomery County, south central parts of Howard County, and the northern parts of Prince George’s County. There’s also high chances of thunderstorms popping up throughout this evening and tonight.
Here’s more of what you can expect throughout the day from the Capital Weather Gang:
While heavy rain and flooding will be the primary threat through the afternoon hours, severe storms are possible starting this evening. The Storm Prediction Center foresees a low chance of severe storms across the Mid Atlantic, with a 15 percent chance of damaging wind and 5 percent risk of tornadoes. However, the thick cloud cover and the cooling effect of rain should greatly limit atmospheric instability, and thus severe thunderstorms, across our region. Should severe storms erupt, the timing would be evening hours, from 6:00 p.m. until midnight.
No word if we need to start building an ark yet. Best consult this guy.