Virginia Department of Emergency Management

After showers/storms today, we turn hotter and dry mid to late week.

Showers and embedded thunderstorms will produce torrential downpours at times today. This could lead to flash flooding, as the storms will be slow moving. The greater risk for flash flooding will be along and south of the VA/NC border.

Please use caution if you encounter flooded roadways.

A Flood Watch has been issued for much of central and southeastern Virginia, extending south into northeast North Carolina, through late this evening. Heavy rainfall may lead to localized flash flooding, especially in urban, low-lying, and poor drainage areas.

A slow moving front will make for a showery Sunday and Monday. A few thunderstorms are possible as well. Torrential downpours could lead to localized flooding in the mountains and urban areas today, especially along the Blue Ridge. We dry out after Monday.

Additionally, there is a low chance that a storm becomes strong to severe with damaging wind gusts. Showers will linger into Monday for southern portions of the area.

Scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms are likely today. Localized rainfall totals of 3-5" are possible. There is a potential for localized heavy rainfall which could lead to flash flooding.

Saturday, a higher coverage of showers and storms is likely, with scattered storms in the afternoon and evening. These storms could produce damaging winds and heavy downpours. Sunday will trend drier with "cooler" temperatures.

Isolated to scattered showers and storms are possible today, with the highest chance in the piedmont. An isolated storm could become strong to severe with damaging winds as the primary threat. Temperatures today will be in the lower to mid 90s.

Thunderstorms will be scattered around today, especially in the afternoon and evening. This trend will persist into the weekend as a front moves across. Drier weather is expect for much of next week.

The potential for showers and storms will last daily through the weekend.

Scattered storms are possible again by early this afternoon, developing across the mountains initially, and continuing into the evening hours. Training storms could cause some localized flash flooding issues, and some of the stronger storms could bring damaging wind gusts.

The primary threat is damaging wind gusts. Some localized flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas is possible due to intense rainfall rates.

Thunderstorms are expected to develop later this afternoon and track west to east across central Virginia and the Eastern Shore. The greatest risk of severe storms is generally along and north to northeast of the I-64 corridor.

rainfall rates of 3+ inches per hour that may result in flash flooding, especially where storms pass repeatedly across the same locations. Confidence is low as to where any damaging winds or flash flooding may occur.

Widely scattered thunderstorms will develop across the mountains during early afternoon, and move east through the evening. Strong heating and abundant moisture will allow a few storms to become capable of producing damaging wind gusts of 60+ mph, as well as

northeast North Carolina today, and then shifts to central Virginia and the Eastern Shore Thursday. The primary threat both days is damaging wind gusts.

The highest threat area today will be along and south of the I-64 corridor. A marginal risk for flash flooding lingers but gradually shifts north Thursday and Friday. A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across interior portions of southern Virginia and

A cold front slowly pushes south through the region today. Coverage of showers and thunderstorms is expected to be less than the past two days. However, isolated pockets of heavy rain have the potential to produce flash flooding.