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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

930 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BALTIMORE CITY AND BALTIMORE COUNTY HAS 

EXPIRED...



AT 930 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF BALTIMORE COUNTY AND CITY. A 

FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA THROUGH 1100 PM...BUT 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. 



EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL REPORT THAT HIGH WATER THAT CAUSED THE 

EXTENSIVE FLASH FLOODING WAS RAPIDLY RECEDING THIS EVENING. AREA 

RIVER AND STREAM GAUGES ALSO INDICATE THAT WATER LEVELS WERE QUICKLY 

RECEDING. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH THE AREA IS NOT 

EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANY ADDITIONAL FLOODING. THROUGH EARLY MORNING... 

HIGH WATER MAY REMAIN IN A FEW LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS BUT 

THE RISK OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS ENDED FOR THE EVENING. MOTORISTS 

ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT ON AREA 

ROADWAYS. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. NEVER STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO 

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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