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000 

WGUS71 KLWX 092218

FFSLWX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

618 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009



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HARFORD MD-

618 PM EDT TUE JUN 9 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR

HARFORD COUNTY...



AT 616 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH IS 

POSSIBLE BEFORE RAIN ENDS. 



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

CARDIFF...WHITEFORD...SCARBORO...PYLESVILLE AND NORRISVILLE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3970 7622 3965 7615 3962 7615 3957 7611

      3955 7647 3961 7653 3972 7654 3972 7623



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