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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1141 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

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ANNE ARUNDEL MD-BALTIMORE MD-CARROLL MD-HOWARD MD-BALTIMORE CITY MD-
MONTGOMERY MD-
1141 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR
NORTHERN ANNE ARUNDEL...SOUTHWESTERN BALTIMORE...SOUTH CENTRAL
CARROLL...HOWARD AND CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES AND BALTIMORE
CITY...

AT 1136 PM EDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED IN A WIDE SWATH FROM BALTIMORE CITY TO ELLICOTT CITY
TO COLUMBIA. MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN ELLICOTT
CITY. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA.

THE PATAPSCO RIVER HAS CRESTED AND IS FALLING RAPIDLY. JONES FALLS
AND GWYNNS FALLS ARE NEAR CREST NOW BUT BOTH STILL IN FLOOD. THE
LITTLE PATUXENT CONTINUES TO RISE...ESPECIALLY FROM COLUMBIA
DOWNSTREAM...AND INTERESTS ALONG THE LITTLE PATUXENT SHOULD STAY
AWAY FROM THE RIVER. THE PATUXENT RIVER WELL UPSTREAM OF BRIGHTON
DAM IS CURRENTLY IN FLOOD.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY. THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BALTIMORE...COLUMBIA...GERMANTOWN...ROCKVILLE...GAITHERSBURG...
OLNEY...PIKESVILLE...COCKEYSVILLE...ELKRIDGE...DAMASCUS...GLEN
BURNIE...ELLICOTT CITY...DUNDALK...TOWSON...CATONSVILLE...WOODLAWN...
RANDALLSTOWN...MONTGOMERY VILLAGE...PARKVILLE AND OWINGS MILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3948 7651 3921 7652 3910 7725 3935 7719

$$

JE
