407  
WGUS51 KLWX 212247  
FFWLWX  
MDC027-031-220200-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.FF.W.0025.260721T2247Z-260722T0200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
647 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...  
NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...  
 
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 647 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAVE FALLEN. 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.  
 
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...  
COLUMBIA... GERMANTOWN...  
OLNEY... DAMASCUS...  
MONTGOMERY VILLAGE... CLARKSBURG...  
HIGHLAND... LAYTONSVILLE...  
ROXBURY MILLS... DAYTON...  
GLENELG... CLARKSVILLE...  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3929 7698 3928 7693 3926 7689 3921 7691  
3919 7694 3919 7700 3919 7707 3917 7715  
3918 7722 3922 7724 3924 7721 3925 7717  
3927 7712 3927 7709  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
BELAK  
 
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