
539 
WGUS71 KLWX 071635
FFSLWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1235 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

MDC003-005-013-027-033-071830-
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CARROLL MD-HOWARD MD-ANNE ARUNDEL MD-PRINCE GEORGES MD-BALTIMORE MD-
1235 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR WESTERN 
BALTIMORE...NORTHERN PRINCE GEORGES...NORTHWESTERN ANNE 
ARUNDEL...EASTERN HOWARD AND EASTERN CARROLL COUNTIES...

AT 1229 PM EDT...NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES WERE REPORTED IN HOWARD AND 
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTIES...WITH WATER RESCUES ONGOING. THIS IS A VERY 
DANGEROUS SITUATION! RAINFALL OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES HAS FALLEN IN 
THE LAST THREE HOURS. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THIS 
AREA AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED 
HIGHER AMOUNTS.

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...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

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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