Note: The Flash Flood Warning has been canceled for the DC region. The most recent warning issuance before the cancellation is below.
A Flash Flood Warning is in effect to 6:45 pm Tuesday, July 9, 2024 including the following Washington, DC region jurisdictions.
MARYLAND: north central Anne Arundel, south central Baltimore, Baltimore City.
Excerpted from the National Weather Service:
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for…
North Central Anne Arundel County in central Maryland…
South Central Baltimore County in northern Maryland…
Baltimore City in northern Maryland…
* Until 645 PM EDT.
* At 333 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1.5 to 2.5 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 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…
Baltimore… Glen Burnie…
Dundalk… Arbutus…
Rosedale… Ferndale…
Brooklyn Park… Pumphrey…
Linthicum… Lansdowne…
Linthicum Heights… Turners Station…
Halethorpe…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.