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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

704 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009



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CARROLL MD-

704 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009



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

CARROLL COUNTY...



AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ALONG LITTLE PIPE CREEK 

BETWEEN BOND STREET AND MIAMI AVENUE.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED OVER 3 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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LAT...LON 3966 7708 3968 7691 3959 7691 3956 7696

      3956 7711



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