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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
315 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

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CARROLL MD-HOWARD MD-ANNE ARUNDEL MD-PRINCE GEORGES MD-BALTIMORE MD-
315 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN BALTIMORE...NORTHERN PRINCE GEORGES...NORTHWESTERN ANNE
ARUNDEL...EASTERN HOWARD AND EASTERN CARROLL COUNTIES...

AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
ONLY LIGHT RAIN REMAINED OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER...EARLIER WIDESPREAD 
RAIN OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES CONTINUES TO CAUSE STREAMS TO OVERFLOW 
WITH NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED. EVACUATIONS ARE ALSO 
UNDERWAY IN ELLICOTT CITY.

ON THE STREAMS...THE LITTLE PATUXENT RIVER AT GUILFORD AND SAVAGE IS 
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL RECORDED SINCE 2006...AND STILL RISING. AT 
GUILFORD...THE HIGHEST LEVEL EVER RECORDED WAS 18.38 FEET IN JUNE 
1972. THE CURRENT LEVEL IS 13.6 FEET AND RISING AT A FOOT AND A HALF 
PER HOUR. THE PATAPSCO RIVER...AND SMALL STREAMS THAT FEED INTO 
THESE LARGER RIVERS...ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED DUE TO THE 
RAINFALL.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODLAWN...
REISTERSTOWN...RANDALLSTOWN...PIKESVILLE...OWINGS MILLS...OAKLAND...
MILFORD MILL...MANCHESTER...LOCHEARN...HAMPSTEAD...GAMBER...ELLICOTT
CITY...ELKRIDGE...ELDERSBURG...COLUMBIA AND CATONSVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3937 7670 3937 7672 3927 7670 3875 7672
      3872 7693 3886 7694 3889 7691 3891 7694
      3907 7694 3913 7689 3914 7694 3973 7696
      3972 7668

$$

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