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WGUS71 KLWX 121907
FFSLWX

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

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ANNE ARUNDEL MD-
307 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY...

AT 307 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
TORRENTIAL RAIN CONTINUING OVER NORTHERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. THIS
IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. RAINFALL OF 6
TO 7 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
FROM SEVERNA PARK TO GLEN BURNIE...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES
OF RAIN IS LIKELY IN THE NEXT HOUR. WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING HAS
BEEN REPORTED AND CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO WORSEN EVEN FURTHER.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ARNOLD...
CROFTON...GIBSON ISLAND...GREEN HAVEN...LAKE SHORE...MILLERSVILLE...
ODENTON...PAROLE...PASADENA...SEVERNA PARK...SOUTH GATE...BODKIN
POINT...FORT SMALLWOOD STATE PARK...PINEHURST...RIVERIA BEACH AND
SILLERY BAY.

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 3906 7643 3905 7642 3890 7666 3894 7669
      3898 7670 3903 7675 3918 7658 3921 7653
      3918 7651 3917 7647 3914 7642 3909 7641

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