Severe thunderstorm and flood watches posted for D.C. area this evening
The heaviest rain and greatest flood threat will likely focus between Interstates 95 and 81. “Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible within the span of a couple of hours, with locally higher amounts possible,” the Weather Service cautions.
In addition to the heavy rain threat, the Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center has placed the area in a Level 2 out 5 risk for severe storms that could produce “damaging winds and isolated large hail.” An isolated tornado also cannot be ruled out. Adding to the potency is a very high humidity content of the air. The morning weather balloon at Dulles revealed aggressive moistening of the deep atmosphere is underway, to the point where the “precipitable water” will be between 2 to 2.5 inches — a value that is quite excessive for our region in late June — near record levels. These anomalously high values at 8 this evening are shown by the ribbon of red colors in the map below.
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