BALTIMORE — An ALERT DAY is in impact Tuesday for danger of heavy rain, flash, stream, & river and coastal flooding and damaging winds.
The WJZ First Alert Weather Team has issued an “ALERT DAY” for heavy windswept rain and the potential of flooding, river & stream flooding, coastal flooding, and potential robust to damaging winds. Heavy rain will finish late Tuesday evening, however robust wind gusts will proceed into Wednesday.
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What we are able to count on
Confidence continues to be excessive for a widespread, high-impact climate occasion in the present day into tonight throughout the state of Maryland. This is identical storm system that can paralyze elements of the Midwest and Plains with blizzard circumstances, ship extreme to doubtlessly damaging thunderstorms and tornadoes to the south and southeast, and produce flooding downpours and damaging winds to a lot of the East Coast.
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WHO: Entire Maryland viewing space
WHAT: Extremely robust space of low stress transferring throughout our a part of the nation in the present day into early Wednesday. This low stress is exceptionally and unusually robust, and is in a special league from storms that we usually expertise.
- HEAVY RAIN: Potential of two” to three” with domestically 4″, a lot of that falling in a 6 hour window within the early night. This will trigger harmful driving circumstances Tuesday night into early Tuesday evening. The downpours Tuesday night shall be blinding and flash flooding may begin rapidly.
FRESH FUTURE RADAR & WINDS TUE & TUE NIGHT: Here’s a future radar simulation of how tomorrow’s rain & wind performs out. During this time vary & in these sort of storms, our HRRR (High Resolution Rapid Refresh) mannequin tends to be superior. Rain all day, however disruptive PM/eve. @WJZ pic.twitter.com/zus8SXyb5X
— Steven Sosna (@SteveSosnaWX) January 9, 2024
- WIDESPREAD FLOODING: Since the drought is over, the bottom has been saturated. 6 hour flash flood steering signifies that simply 0.75″ of rain in lower than 6 hours will trigger flash flooding within the city hall between DC – Baltimore. This means many city areas will expertise flooding Tuesday night and evening. Road closures and disruptions are doubtless if these quantities are verified.
MODERATE RISK FOR FLOODING. But what does that imply? Our space has been placed in a “reasonable danger” (stage 3 out of 4) for flooding & flash flooding Tuesday into Tuesday evening. We have a 40 to 70% likelihood of flash flooding inside 25 miles of any level inside orange shading. @wjz pic.twitter.com/gUcw9M0P2g
— Steven Sosna (@SteveSosnaWX) January 9, 2024
- RIVER & STREAM FLOODING: We didn’t expertise a lot stream/river flooding at all in 2023. Different story with this storm. Streams and rivers are at capability from recent heavy rains occasions and upstream snow/ice soften to our north will contribute to potential flooding. I’m anticipating quite a few flood warnings (if rainfall quantities are verified) late Tuesday evening via Wednesday. This might trigger vital highway closures close to vulnerable streams and rivers in a single day Tuesday into Wednesday morning for the commute. Our climate workforce can update you on which streams/rivers as we get nearer: https://www.climate.gov/marfc/
- WIDESPREAD COASTAL FLOODING: Coastal flood warnings are in impact for MODERATE to coastal flooding for all of our counties that border Chesapeake Bay Tuesday night via Wednesday morning. Widespread flooding at excessive tide is probably going. This shall be a better influence even than our earlier coastal flood days over the previous month.
UPDATED COASTAL FLOODING FORECASTS: SIGNIFICANT coastal flooding in lots of areas between 9 PM Tuesday (elements of jap shore) to early Wednesday AM (2 AM – 8 AM) elsewhere. Salt water ranges rise 1-3 FT above dry floor. Specific areas & impacts under. @wjz @DerekBeasleyWX pic.twitter.com/M6jArNgrxq
— Steven Sosna (@SteveSosnaWX) January 9, 2024
- STRONG WIND GUSTS, POTENTIALLY DAMAGING GUSTS: Wind shall be fierce with this storm. Right now confidence of fifty MPH gusts is excessive. Models are suggesting gusts as excessive as 45 to 65 MPH. While these increased finish gusts should not be widespread, there might be just a few stories of them. The finest likelihood of 60 to 70 MPH gusts could be jap shore communities, esp. nearer to the seashores. High WIND WARNING has been expanded westward to incorporate southeast Howard and southeast Montgomery Co. as well as southern Baltimore Co. An extraordinarily highly effective low stage jet stream proper over head mixed with heavy rain bands will transport a few of these robust to damaging winds to the bottom. This seems to be like dinner hour Tuesday into the early in a single day hours. This would trigger potential tree injury, energy outages. In & round Baltimore, 50 to 55 MPH gusts appear doable. Out throughout the upper elevations to our west, just a few hours of 60 MPH gusts appear doable Tuesday night.
- Tuesday Afternoon: Steady to heavy rain, turning windy. Some pockets of flooding doable.
- Tuesday Evening & Night: High influence circumstances with robust to harmful journey. Strong wind gusts, heavy rain, flooding & coastal flooding.
- Wednesday: Residual early AM bathe. River & stream flooding continues in some locations, which can immediate highway closures. Trees might also be down blocking streets & highways through the morning commute.. Winds briefly gust to 40 to 45 MPH late morning via mid-afternoon.
OTHER IMPACTS: This will trigger widespread journey delays, disruptions, cancellations beginning Monday and lasting via early Wednesday throughout the central and jap United States. Both air journey and highway journey shall be extremely impacted. People ought to count on quite a few flight delays/cancellations if this storm meets its potential.
Quiet climate returns later Wednesday into Thursday.
Yet one other vital storm is feasible with heavy rain, robust winds, and even just a few remoted extreme thunderstorms are doable subsequent Friday into Saturday. Stay turned because the WJZ First Alert Weather Team will present updates on each storms all through the week.
Please make certain to have your telephones and tablets charged Tuesday morning, in order that if you happen to lose energy, you’ll be able to stream WJZ and CBS News Baltimore by going to www.wjz.com or downloading the WJZ app. We will present continuous storm updates Tuesday via Wednesday till all storm impacts come to an finish.
