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MDC025-110815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

136 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARFORD COUNTY UNTIL 

415 AM EDT...



AT 136 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWER AND A FEW 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 

MILES NORTHEAST OF BEL AIR TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF MAGNOLIA...MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING NEAR 

BEL AIR WITH A SUBMERGED VEHICLE NEAR TOLLGATE ROAD.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER 

THE WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1/2 TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

415 AM EDT.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. 



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