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WGUS71 KLWX 220049

FFSLWX

MDC510-220215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

849 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BALTIMORE CITY UNTIL 1015 PM 

EDT...



AT 845 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT 

AFFECTED BALTIMORE CITY HAD MOVED TO THE SOUTH. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OCCURRED WITH THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. 

SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS WAS REPORTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF 

BALTIMORE. 



WHILE THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED TO THE SOUTH...RUNOFF FROM 

EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS THIS 

EVENING. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER THIS 

EVENING. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND.



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