Rain due; do you know where your storm drain is?

Here's how the NWS hydrologist is putting it this afternoon:

"RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM ONE-THIRD OF AN INCH SOUTH
TO AROUND THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH NORTH. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN ALONE
IS NOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE...HOWEVER...A COUPLE
ADDITIONAL FACTORS TO CONSIDER.

"THIS RAIN WILL BE FALLING ONTO/INTO EXISTING SNOWPACK WITH SNOW-WATER EQUIVALENT OVER AN INCH FROM DC NORTH AND NORTHEAST...THEN TEMPS WEDNESDAY WILL RISE TO AT LEAST 40 NORTH AND 50 SOUTH. THESE TWO OCCURRENCES NOT COINCIDING LIKELY DECREASES THE FLOOD THREAT.

"POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS A CONCERN" THOUGH...ESPECIALLY WHERE PACKED/PLOWED SNOW MAY COVER STORM DRAINS."

(SUN PHOTO: Kim Hairston, 2002)