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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
348 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014

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MONTGOMERY MD-HOWARD MD-BALTIMORE MD-PRINCE GEORGES MD-
ANNE ARUNDEL MD-BALTIMORE CITY MD-
348 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
BALTIMORE CITY...NORTHWESTERN ANNE ARUNDEL...NORTH CENTRAL PRINCE
GEORGES...SOUTHERN BALTIMORE...SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD AND SOUTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR BROOKLYN PARK...LINTHICUM...GLEN
BURNIE...DUNDALK...AND SOUTHEASTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY...

AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
TORRENTIAL RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. RADAR ESTIMATES
THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BWI
AIRPORT...ADELPHI...ARBUTUS...BELTSVILLE...BLADENSBURG...BOWLEYS
QUARTERS...BROOKLYN PARK...CATONSVILLE...CHEVERLY...COLLEGE PARK...
COLUMBIA...DUNDALK...ELKRIDGE...ELLICOTT CITY...ESSEX...FELLS
POINT...FERNDALE...FORT MEADE...GLEN BURNIE...GREENBELT...
HYATTSVILLE...LANDOVER...LANGLEY PARK...LAUREL...LOCHEARN...MIDDLE
RIVER...NEW CARROLLTON...ODENTON...PUMPHREY...ROSEDALE...ROSSVILLE...
SEVERN...SOUTH GATE...TAKOMA PARK...WHITE MARSH...WOODLAWN...AND
BALTIMORE.

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

TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
STERLING VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3931 7634 3929 7638 3923 7638 3920 7643
      3919 7644 3924 7655 3921 7652 3908 7666
      3891 7694 3898 7702 3908 7686 3919 7702
      3938 7671 3939 7636 3938 7633

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