
886 
WGUS71 KLWX 071612
FFSLWX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1212 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

MDC003-005-013-027-033-071830-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARROLL MD-HOWARD MD-ANNE ARUNDEL MD-PRINCE GEORGES MD-BALTIMORE MD-
1212 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN BALTIMORE...NORTHERN PRINCE GEORGES...NORTHWESTERN ANNE
ARUNDEL...EASTERN HOWARD AND EASTERN CARROLL COUNTIES...

AT 1206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
PERSISTENT BAND OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH 
ALONG A LINE FROM LARGO TO COLUMBIA TO WESTMINSTER. RAINFALL OF UP 
TO THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN LAUREL AND 
BORING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH MID 
AFTERNOON. AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION IS DEVELOPING IN THIS 
AREA!

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.

&&

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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