Weather Alerts For Fort George G Meade, MD

# HEADLINE -------------------- The combination of a slow moving frontal zone with a tropical air mass in place will increase the risk of flash flooding this afternoon and evening FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. WHERE Washington DC, portions of Maryland, including the following areas, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Central and Southeast Howard, Central and Southeast Montgomery, Charles, Frederick, Northern Baltimore, Northwest Harford, Northwest Howard, Northwest Montgomery, Prince Georges, Southeast Harford, Southern Baltimore, St. Marys and Washington, Virginia, including the following areas, Albemarle, Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, Central and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park, Clarke, Culpeper, Eastern Loudoun, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene, King George, Madison, Northern Fauquier, Northern Virginia Blue Ridge, Northwest Prince William, Orange, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Southern Fauquier, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren and Western Loudoun, and eastern West Virginia, including the following areas, Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan. WHEN From 4 PM EDT this afternoon through this evening. IMPACTS Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. ADDITIONAL DETAILS - Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall are possible this afternoon and evening, some of which may occur over areas which recently experienced flooding rains. Slow storm motions and repeat thunderstorm activity will occur within a tropical air mass. Hourly rainfall rates could push into the 2 to 3 inch range in the strongest storms, with an inch in 20 minutes possible. - Please visit www.weather.gov/safety/flood for flood safety and preparedness information. ISSUED AT Monday, July 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC HEADER URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED | Flood Watch # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Charles, Culpeper, Northwest Prince William, Page, Spotsylvania, Western Loudoun, Albemarle, Anne Arundel, Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, Berkeley, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Central and Southeast Howard, Central and Southeast Montgomery, Central and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park, Clarke, District of Columbia, Eastern Loudoun, Fairfax, Frederick, Frederick, Greene, Jefferson, King George, Madison, Morgan, Northern Baltimore, Northern Fauquier, Northern Virginia Blue Ridge, Northwest Harford, Northwest Howard, Northwest Montgomery, Orange, Prince Georges, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Southeast Harford, Southern Baltimore, Southern Fauquier, St. Marys, Stafford, Warren, Washington

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC...NORTHERN PLAINS...AND THE ARKLATEX REGION SUMMARY Widely scattered severe thunderstorms capable of large hail and severe wind gusts appear possible across the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota this afternoon and evening. Isolated to scattered damaging wind gusts will also be possible with the strongest storms in the southern Mid-Atlantic, Carolinas, and ArkLaTex regions. MN/ND Morning water vapory imagery shows a fast-moving shortwave trough over southern Manitoba, with its associated surface cold front sagging southward across ND. This front will serve as the focus for scattered thunderstorm development by mid-afternoon from northern MN into eastern ND. Strong heating ahead of the front and dewpoints near 70F will yield MLCAPE over 3000 J/kg. Forecast soundings show relatively steep mid-level lapse rates and favorable deep-layer shear for supercells capable of large hail and severe wind gusts. These storms may persist through the evening, spreading southward into central MN and eastern SD. Mid Atlantic/Carolinas Another day of scattered afternoon thunderstorms will affect much of the Mid Atlantic and Carolinas region today. Vertical shear and steering flow is rather weak, suggesting storms will be poorly organized. However, strong heating and steep low-level lapse rates, combined with substantial CAPE in forecast soundings, suggest that the strongest cells will pose the risk of damaging wind gusts over a relatively broad area again today. AR/LA/OK/TX Strong heating and ample low-level moisture will lead to scattered afternoon thunderstorms again today over much of AR, southeast OK, northeast TX, and northern LA. This is near a mid-level trough where lapse rates and mid-level temperatures are more favorable for robust up/downdrafts capable of damaging wind gusts. Have opted for a small SLGT risk for parts of this area where convective coverage appears highest. Northern UT into WY Scattered high-based fast-moving thunderstorms are expected this afternoon over northern UT, moving northeastward into western and northern WY. The strongest of these cells will pose a risk of damaging wind gusts.