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Post by Nws Olney Maryland on Jul 8, 2011 15:39:50 GMT -5
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OLNEY MD 410 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MARYLAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND... ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND... NORTHERN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA THAT WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE ANNAPOLIS...ARNOLD...BELTSVILLE...BOWIE...COLLEGE PARK... COLUMBIA...CROFTON...ELKRIDGE...GAITHERSBURG...LAUREL...LONDONTOWNE... SEVERNA PARK...RIVERIA BEACH...AND SILLERY BAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
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