Alert archive / Maryland / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2021, 10:05 PM EDT for Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Maryland. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2021, 10:05 PM EDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2021, 12:26 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baltimore County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 10:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Dundalk, MD | WATER RESCUE OF VEHICLE STUCK IN WATER NEAR INTERSECTION OF MORNINGTON ROAD AND LIBERTY PARKWAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
479
WGUS51 KLWX 150205
FFWLWX
MDC005-510-150500-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FF.W.0016.210615T0205Z-210615T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
1005 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Baltimore County in northern Maryland...
The Baltimore City in northern Maryland...
* Until 100 AM EDT.
* At 1005 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain
has fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported rising water on some area
roads.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
Baltimore... Middle River...
Sparrows Point... Dundalk...
Catonsville... Essex...
Woodlawn... Milford Mill...
Lochearn... Arbutus...
Rosedale... Rossville...
Brooklyn Park... Linthicum...
Edgemere... Lansdowne...
Eastpoint... Halethorpe...
Turners Station...
Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the
warned area, which will cause current flooding to worsen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 3924 7662 3922 7664 3923 7667 3922 7668
3922 7670 3928 7677 3934 7677 3936 7645
3922 7645 3922 7659
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
ADS2 follow-up statements
810
WGUS71 KLWX 150336
FFSLWX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
1136 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
MDC005-510-150500-
/O.CON.KLWX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210615T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Baltimore MD-Baltimore City MD-
1136 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BALTIMORE COUNTY AND BALTIMORE CITY...
At 1136 PM EDT, Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding
is still occurring within the City of Baltimore.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Emergency Management.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
Baltimore... Middle River...
Sparrows Point... Dundalk...
Catonsville... Essex...
Woodlawn... Milford Mill...
Lochearn... Arbutus...
Rosedale... Rossville...
Brooklyn Park... Linthicum...
Edgemere... Lansdowne...
Eastpoint... Halethorpe...
Turners Station...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses
as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 3924 7662 3922 7664 3923 7667 3922 7668
3922 7670 3928 7677 3934 7677 3936 7645
3922 7645 3922 7659
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL...0.1-0.25 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
LFR257
WGUS71 KLWX 150426
FFSLWX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
1226 AM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021
MDC005-510-150436-
/O.CAN.KLWX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210615T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Baltimore MD-Baltimore City MD-
1226 AM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN BALTIMORE
COUNTY AND BALTIMORE CITY...
Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat.
LAT...LON 3924 7662 3922 7664 3923 7667 3922 7668
3922 7670 3928 7677 3934 7677 3936 7645
3922 7645 3922 7659
$$
LFRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, City of Baltimore | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Howard, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, City of Baltimore | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, City of Baltimore | 28 min |
| Jun 14, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 10:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 10:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Montgomery, Prince George's | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 1:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Montgomery, Prince George's | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 1:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Prince George's | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 10:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Prince George's | 9 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.