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Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Baltimore/Washington

December 25, 20154 counties in Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 4:15 PM EST for 4 counties in Maryland. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 4:15 PM EST (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2015, 8:15 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Howard County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 6:40 PM EST, 21 hours 35 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 4:14 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 18 more	9 hr
Dec 25, 1:19 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 23 more	6 hr
Dec 25, 4:54 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Harford	4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2015 Every flash flood warning in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.