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FFSLWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
154 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

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CARROLL MD-HOWARD MD-ANNE ARUNDEL MD-PRINCE GEORGES MD-BALTIMORE MD-
154 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR WESTERN 
BALTIMORE...NORTHERN PRINCE GEORGES...NORTHWESTERN ANNE 
ARUNDEL...EASTERN HOWARD AND EASTERN CARROLL COUNTIES...

AT 152 PM EDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS...CREEKS AND 
STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND SWIFT WATER RESCUES...HAVE BEEN 
REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE WORST FLOODING APPEARS TO BE IN 
HOWARD COUNTY...BUT HEAVY RAIN IS NOW MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH 
CARROLL AND WESTERN BALTIMORE COUNTIES AND CONDITIONS THERE MAY 
WORSEN RAPIDLY. EVACUATIONS ARE ONGOING IN TWO LOCATIONS IN ELLICOTT 
CITY.

STREAMS IN THE AREA...INCLUDING THE LITTLE PATUXENT RIVER AND THE 
PATAPSCO RIVER...ARE HIGHER THAN THEY WERE DURING IRENE LAST WEEK... 
AND STILL CONTINUING TO RISE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
SITUATION!

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODLAWN...
REISTERSTOWN...RANDALLSTOWN...PIKESVILLE...OWINGS MILLS...OAKLAND...
MILFORD MILL...MANCHESTER...LOCHEARN...HAMPSTEAD...GAMBER...ELLICOTT
CITY...ELKRIDGE...ELDERSBURG...COLUMBIA AND CATONSVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3937 7670 3937 7672 3927 7670 3875 7672
      3872 7693 3886 7694 3889 7691 3891 7694
      3907 7694 3913 7689 3914 7694 3973 7696
      3972 7668

$$

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