Hazardous Weather
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
831 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005
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0700 PM FLASH FLOOD WOODLAWN 39.31N 76.75W
06/28/2005 BALTIMORE MD FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
WATER FLOODED UP TO THE HOOD OF A VEHICLE.
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Isolated thunderstorms in the Baltimore area has created excessive runoff causing the National Weather Service in Sterling, Va. to issue a flash flood warning through 5:30 p.m. Excessive runoff will cause flash flooding of small creeks, and streams, highways, and underpasses throughout the Baltimore area. At 3:37 p.m. one inch of rain had fallen and another inch could fall by nightfall.
A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 PM. HEAT
INDEX VALUES OF 98 TO 103 ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST.
Comments
I enjoy reading this blog and check back several times a week. I was forwarded a link to a somewhat similiar site in Nebraska with some pictures of some VERY strange and erie cloud formations. If you care to, I would be interested in your comments on these photos, namely, are some of these formations indicative of funnel clouds? Should a reasonable lay person be alarmed by the sight of these types of clouds? Thank you in advance.
http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/june2004hastings-mammatus.html
Posted by: John J. | June 29, 2005 3:16 AM
No reason to be alarmed. These clouds formed during thunderstorm activity. They are often called sagging clouds as pockets of moisture have formed in them. They usually appear at the end of the storm, therefore are not dangerous and most likely not a threat for further storm activity. The moisture in them eventually evaporates, rendering the clouds harmless.
Posted by: froylance | June 29, 2005 5:50 PM