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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 10, 2021Baltimore County, City of Baltimore, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2021, 3:37 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 10, 2021, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2021, 6:03 PM 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), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 3:54 PM EDTFLOODParkville, MDCAR STRANDED IN WATER NEAR INTERSECTION OF HARRIS AVE AND RADER AVE.

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 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 163 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
163 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

207 
WGUS51 KLWX 101937
FFWLWX
MDC005-510-110100-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FF.W.0005.210610T1937Z-210611T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
337 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Baltimore County in northern Maryland...
  The Baltimore City in northern Maryland...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 337 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly. Local emergency management officials report numerous road 
  closures due to high water and stream gauges on Beaverdam Run and 
  Minebank Run indicate rapidly rising waters.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
  Baltimore...                       Cockeysville...
  Towson...                          Parkville...
  Carney...                          Perry Hall...
  Rossville...                       Mays Chapel...
  Timonium...                        White Marsh...
  Hampton...                         Kingsville...
  Lutherville-Timonium...            Lutherville...
  Loch Raven...                      Long Green...
  Glen Arm...                        Loch Raven Village...
  Hydes...                           Eudowood...

Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned 
area.

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 3937 7660 3950 7668 3952 7663 3952 7656
      3950 7647 3943 7642 3937 7641

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

BKF
1 follow-up statement
798 
WGUS71 KLWX 102203
FFSLWX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
603 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021

MDC005-510-102213-
/O.CAN.KLWX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210611T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Baltimore MD-Baltimore City MD-
603 PM EDT Thu Jun 10 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL BALTIMORE COUNTY AND BALTIMORE 
CITY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING...

LAT...LON 3937 7660 3950 7668 3952 7663 3952 7656
      3950 7647 3943 7642 3937 7641

$$

BKF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 9:10 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXSaint Mary's4 hr
Jun 10, 2:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXAllegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Charles and 8 more43 hr
Jun 10, 5:10 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXSaint Mary's47 min
Jun 10, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore25 min
Jun 10, 2:59 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXBaltimore38 min
Jun 10, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXFrederick46 min
Jun 10, 3:03 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXCarroll8 hr
Jun 10, 3:52 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Prince George's17 hr
Jun 10, 4:50 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore5 hr
Jun 10, 4:52 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLWXCharles, Prince George's93 min
Jun 10, 6:03 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore2 hr
Jun 10, 6:25 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXCharles, Prince George's2 hr

Nearby

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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.