Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
801 PM EDT Mon May 27 2024

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Howard County in central Maryland...
  South Central Baltimore County in northern Maryland...
  Baltimore City in northern Maryland...

* Until 1000 PM EDT.

* At 801 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain
  has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour.
  Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch 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...
  Baltimore...                       Columbia...
  Historic Ellicott City...          Ellicott City...
  Catonsville...                     Woodlawn...
  Arbutus...                         Ilchester...
  Oella...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3923 7694 3928 7693 3930 7683 3930 7662
      3927 7666 3926 7671 3925 7673 3923 7679

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

$$

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