[CC-ARES-RACES] Flash Flood Warning

[Robert Davidson]

SUBJECT:
 Flash Flood Warning

SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... 
SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND... 
WESTERN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND... 
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND... 
CENTRAL BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND... 
NORTHWESTERN HARFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND... 
BALTIMORE CITY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND... 
NORTHEASTERN CHARLES COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND... *

 UNTIL 845 AM EDT * AT 548 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
DEVELOPING AND PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN ALONG A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF JARRETTSVILLE TO KETTERING...OR ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF COCKEYSVILLE TO UPPER MARLBORO...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. WITH GROUND SATURATED...EXCESSIVE 
RUNOFF WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED 
BALTIMORE...SEVERN...MILLERSVILLE...UPPER MARLBORO...AND WALDORF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NUMEROUS ROADWAYS ARE 
ALREADY CLOSED FROM OVERNIGHT FLOODING AND CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL. WITH RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 1 INCH 
PER HOUR EXPECTED...ONGOING FLOODING WILL INTENSIFY AND RAPID RISES IN WATER WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF 
FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS 
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 
VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.