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WGUS71 KLWX 230811

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MDC013-230915-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

409 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CARROLL COUNTY UNTIL 5:15 AM...



AT 409 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 

THE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STREET FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED COUNTYWIDE. TANEYTOWN WAS PARTICULARLY HARD HIT...WITH 

BASEMENT FLOODING AS WELL. 



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 5:15 AM.



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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