Update: Fort Hunt Residents Without Power

Update Dec 1, 2010 11:39a.m. :

Both Fort Hunt Elementary and Stratford Landing Elementary reported power outages this morning. Power was returned to students and faculty by 9:30 a.m. at Fort Hunt Elementary and by 9 a.m. at Stratford Landing.

Dominion Virginia Power reports that 248 people at two locations in Fort Hunt are currently affected by power outages as a result of the storm.

The National Weather Service no longer has a flash flood watch warning for the Alexandria area. The coastal flood advisory should be in effect until 3 p.m.  According to the service weather conditions in Alexandria this afternoon should be cloudy, gradually becoming mostly sunny, with temperatures falling to around 44 degrees by 5.p.m.

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The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Watch warning for much of D.C. Metropolitan region, including Fort Hunt, from 1 a.m. until Wednesday afternoon. 

The Fairfax County Community Emergency Alert Network warns residents that the approaching weather system could cause high winds and an estimated one inch of rain between 3 a.m. and 8 a.m.

Tomorrow, the National Weather Service expects showers in the Alexandria area and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, more rain between noon and 3pm. Temperatures are expected to fall to 46 degrees by 4p.m. tomorrow.

Check back with Fort Hunt Patch for more weather updates.