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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

153 AM EDT SUN AUG 1 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARFORD COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM

   EDT...



ALTHOUGH ONLY LIGHT RAIN IS FALLING AT THE PRESENT TIME...RADAR 

CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

NORRISVILLE IN NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 

MPH.



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

NORTHWESTERN HARFORD COUNTY SOUTH OF NORRISVILLE. ANOTHER INCH WILL 

BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 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.



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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