3:55 PM | *Heavy rain this evening in the Mid-Atlantic region and the threat for severe weather*

Discussion

An energetic system is combining with a very humid air mass to generate some very heavy bands of rainfall and the potential exists for severe weather including the threat for isolated tornadoes in the Mid-Atlantic region; especially, from southeastern Pennsylvania southward to the entire DC metro region. The threat for heavy downpours, which can drop a quick inch or two of additional rainfall on a given area, and the severe weather will exist right through the late evening hours and any downpour can produce flash flooding given the very heavy rainfall of recent days. Strong winds in the upper atmosphere are fueling this threat for severe weather throughout the Mid-Atlantic region over the next several hours. Looking ahead, there is the threat for more heavy rain and severe weather later this week in the Mid-Atlantic region.