Heavy Rains from the Plains to the East; Fire Weather Risk in the Desert Southwest

Thunderstorms, some severe, may produce heavy to excessive rainfall and isolated flooding over portions of the Southern Plains through Saturday. Widespread showers and thunderstorms will spread east into the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid Atlantic and Northeast. Dry conditions, combined with gusty winds will continue to support an elevated fire weather threat in the Desert Southwest. Read More >

At the request of Howard County government, the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington Weather Forecast Office will issue a TEST Flash Flood Warning for Ellicott City around 9:30am. This will allow Howard County MD government to test their alerting systems in Ellicott City. There is no flooding in the area.

Since this is a test warning, it should NOT alert cell phones or NOAA weather radios.

Further information from the county is available on the Ellicott City Safe and Sound page here.

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