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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

615 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009



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BALTIMORE MD-BALTIMORE CITY MD-

615 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR

BALTIMORE CITY AND BALTIMORE COUNTIES...



AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH IS 

POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODLAWN...

WHITE MARSH...TOWSON...ROSSVILLE...ROSEDALE...RANDALLSTOWN...

PIKESVILLE...PERRY HALL...PARKVILLE...MILFORD MILL...MIDDLE RIVER...

LOCHEARN...HAMPTON...ESSEX...CARNEY AND BALTIMORE



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3927 7642 3925 7655 3926 7659 3926 7660

      3925 7658 3924 7658 3923 7662 3923 7665

      3926 7675 3931 7677 3934 7684 3941 7681

      3942 7644



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