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WGUS71 KLWX 271326

FFSLWX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

926 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008



MDC005-271545-

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BALTIMORE MD-

926 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL WATER RESCUES 

EARLIER THIS MORNING RESULTING FROM A BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AS 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVED NORTHWARD ACROSS THE PIKESVILLE AREA. THESE 

STORMS ARE ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WESTMINSTER AS OF 925 

AM...AND CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AT 21 MPH TOWARD PENNSYLVANIA. 

ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL MAY OCCUR ACROSS NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY 

THIS MORNING.



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 7664 3937 7673 3953 7686 3972 7679

      3972 7670



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