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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
400 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BALTIMORE COUNTY IN NORTHERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 400 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE
IS 2 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
COCKEYSVILLE... OWINGS MILLS...
ELDERSBURG... REISTERSTOWN...
MAYS CHAPEL... TIMONIUM...
LUTHERVILLE-TIMONIUM... GARRISON...
BUTLER... GLYNDON...
BORING... SPARKS...
HUNT VALLEY... GLENCOE...
UPPERCO... PHOENIX...
MONKTON...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FLOOD PRONE ROADS...
BEAVER DAM ROAD AT GOODWIN RUN, REISTERSTOWN ROAD AT GWYNNS FALLS
NEAR GROFF LANE, GWYNNBROOK AVEUE AT GWYNNS FALLS, YORK ROAD AT
BEAVERDAM RUN NEAR BEAVER RUN LANE, BEAVER DAM ROAD AT BEAVERDAM RUN
NEAR COCKEYSVILLE, PHOENIX ROAD AT GUNPOWDER FALLS NEAR CARROLL
ROAD, LOWER GLENCOE ROAD AT GUNPOWDER FALLS NEAR GLENCOE, COLD
BOTTOM ROAD NEAR BUFFALO CREEK, YORK ROAD NORTH OF PINEY HILL ROAD
AND REISTERSTOWN ROAD NEAR HAMMERSHIRE ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3952 7659 3945 7663 3942 7677 3941 7688
3942 7688 3942 7689 3945 7688 3948 7687
3949 7687 3950 7687 3956 7685 3960 7672
3958 7669 3958 7657
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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