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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
710 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
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ANNE ARUNDEL MD-BALTIMORE MD-HOWARD MD-BALTIMORE CITY MD-
710 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MARYLAND, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL MARYLAND, ANNE ARUNDEL AND HOWARD.
IN NORTHERN MARYLAND, BALTIMORE AND BALTIMORE CITY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 707 PM EDT, BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED, BUT EXCESS RUNOFF WILL
CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.
- CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS
INTO THIS EVENING. THE WATER LEVEL ALONG THE PATAPSCO RIVER
REMAINS ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF 16 FEET. AT 16 FEET,
HAMMONDS FERRY ROAD FLOODS NEAR THE PATAPSCO RIVER. BACKWATER
FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG FURNACE AVENUE IN ELKRIDGE.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BALTIMORE... ELKRIDGE...
CATONSVILLE... ARBUTUS...
BROOKLYN PARK... ILCHESTER...
LINTHICUM... LANSDOWNE...
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FLOOD PRONE ROADS...
LEVERING AVENUE AT RIVER ROAD, ROUTE 1 AT LEVERING AVENUE
NEAR THE PATAPSCO AND FURNACE AVENUE AT RIDGE ROAD.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3924 7674 3923 7672 3923 7669 3924 7664
3925 7662 3924 7661 3922 7663 3922 7666
3921 7670 3921 7671 3923 7677 3925 7676
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