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MDC013-250815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

143 AM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CARROLL COUNTY UNTIL 

415 AM EDT...



AT 143 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER 

MUCH OF CARROLL COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE 

NORTHEAST. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT CLOSE TO 2 INCH INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN IN A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1/2 INCH WILL 

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 415 AM EDT.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN 

AND HIGH WATER INCLUDE ELDERSBURG...HAMPSTEAD...MANCHESTER...

OAKLAND...SYKESVILLE...TANEYTOWN...WESTMINSTER AND GAMBER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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