Flash Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA

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WGUS71 KLWX 060028
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Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
828 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2024

MDC005-025-060315-
/O.CON.KLWX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-240606T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Baltimore MD-Harford MD-
828 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL BALTIMORE AND SOUTHWESTERN HARFORD
COUNTIES...

At 828 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have
fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 4 inches in 1 hour.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the
warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
         flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
         urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Aberdeen...                        Bel Air South...
Bel Air North...                   Riverside...
Kingsville...                      Pleasant Hills...
Perryman...                        Edgewood...
Joppatowne...                      Abingdon...
Magnolia...                        Joppa...
Harford Furnace...                 Belcamp...
Bradshaw...                        Gunpowder...
Upper Falls...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3946 7642 3953 7636 3954 7626 3951 7619
      3941 7621 3938 7630 3938 7641

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

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