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WGUS71 KLWX 132302

FFSLWX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

702 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2008



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BALTIMORE MD-

702 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR

CENTRAL BALTIMORE COUNTY...



AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS 

LOCATED NEAR TOWSON...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. 



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARNEY.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

THE PAST 2 TO 3 HOURS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WHILE MOST OF THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LESSENED...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO A 

HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 3944 7661 3944 7652 3939 7651 3939 7660



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