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

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HOWARD MD-BALTIMORE MD-ANNE ARUNDEL MD-BALTIMORE CITY MD-
539 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014

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

AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT
3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...WITH HIGHER
AMOUNTS NEAR AND EAST OF BWI AIRPORT...WHERE UP TO TEN INCHES OF
RAIN IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN NEAR BROOKLYN PARK. RAIN HAS NOW
ENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...THOUGH ANOTHER BAND OF MODERATE RAIN
WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. NUMEROUS
FLOOD REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...AND FLOODING WILL BE ONGOING INTO
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BWI
AIRPORT...ARBUTUS...BOWLEYS QUARTERS...BROOKLYN PARK...CATONSVILLE...
COLUMBIA...DUNDALK...ELKRIDGE...ELLICOTT CITY...ESSEX...FELLS
POINT...FERNDALE...FORT MEADE...GLEN BURNIE...LOCHEARN...MIDDLE
RIVER...PUMPHREY...ROSEDALE...ROSSVILLE...SEVERN...SOUTH GATE...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.

LAT...LON 3931 7634 3929 7638 3923 7638 3920 7643
      3919 7644 3924 7655 3921 7652 3908 7666
      3906 7669 3913 7677 3924 7691 3938 7671
      3939 7636 3938 7633

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