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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

617 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARFORD COUNTY UNTIL 

815 PM EDT...



AT 615 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF HARFORD COUNTY. THIS 

ACTIVITY IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST...BUT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE REPEATEDLY FORMING AND MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS. EMERGENCY 

SERVICES OFFICIALS REPORT FLOODING CONTINUING IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS 

IN SOUTHEAST HARFORD COUNTY.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER SOUTHEAST HARFORD COUNTY. ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL ONLY WORSEN THE FLOODING CONDITIONS ONGOING IN HARFORD 

COUNTY. 



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

INCLUDE ABERDEEN...HAVRE DE GRACE AND PERRYMAN. THE BASINS MOST 

SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING INCLUDE SWAN CREEK...GASHEYS CREEK... 

CRANBERRY RUN...ZIRKLE BRANCH...CARSINS RUN...GRAYS RUN AND ELBOW 

BRANCH. 



THESE TREMENDOUS RAINFALL TOTALS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE AND 

POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD 

PRONE OR LOW LYING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY



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. 



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