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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
622 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2018

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR ELLICOTT CITY AND CATONSVILLE AND
SURROUNDING AREAS...

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East central Howard County in central Maryland...
  Southwestern Baltimore County in northern Maryland...

* Until 1030 PM EDT.

* At 620 PM EDT, numerous reports of significant flash flooding have
  been reported, especially in Ellicott City. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY
  RAIN IS MOVING BACK INTO THIS AREA. EVEN THOUGH RAIN HAS RECENTLY
  DECREASED, RESPONDERS AND LOCALS WHO ARE IN ELLICOTT CITY MUST
  RETURN TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY! A THIRD ROUND OF FLOODING IS
  IMMINENT! IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE AREA, STAY AWAY! THIS IS A
  CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE-THREATENING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION!
  YOU MUST TAKE ACTION NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM ANYWHERE WHERE WATER
  IS OR COULD BE!

  This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Ellicott City and Catonsville
  and is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
  Ellicott City, Catonsville, Woodlawn, Arbutus, Ilchester and Oella.

This includes the following streams and drainages...Dead Run...Red
Hill Branch...Patapsco River...Sucker Branch...Maidens Choice Run...
East Branch...Little Patuxent River and Herbert Run.

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.

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.

&&

LAT...LON 3928 7671 3927 7670 3924 7670 3924 7678
      3925 7687 3927 7688 3931 7671

$$

JE
