From AlertDC:
“The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a Flash Flood Warning for District of Columbia until noon today.
At 755 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated showers producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD: Life threatening flash flooding. Showers producing flash flooding.
SOURCE: Radar.
IMPACT: Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.”
Sherman Ave in DC now known as Sherman’s River. @PoPville pic.twitter.com/AkVaFJjOe4
— Conor Gaughan (@ckgone) August 20, 2021
“Huge tree down on 16th street by Swann” photo by Rash