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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1226 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

MDC003-005-009-017-033-037-080830-
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ANNE ARUNDEL MD-PRINCE GEORGES MD-CALVERT MD-BALTIMORE MD-CHARLES MD-
ST. MARYS MD-
1226 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN 
ST. MARYS...EASTERN CHARLES...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BALTIMORE...
NORTHWESTERN CALVERT...PRINCE GEORGES AND ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTIES...

AT 1217 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MAJOR 
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS CHARLES COUNTY...PARTICULARLY THE NORTHERN 
PART OF WALDORF...WHERE NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES ONGOING. THIS IS A 
VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION! RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE 
FALLEN IN THE LAST FEW HOURS...WITH STORM TOTALS APPROACHING 8 
INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3899 7642 3898 7646 3895 7645 3825 7679
      3827 7681 3825 7685 3833 7697 3844 7701
      3844 7707 3903 7684 3920 7643 3916 7646
      3914 7642 3903 7641

$$

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