The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Flood Warning for... Northwestern Howard County in central Maryland... Northwestern Montgomery County in central Maryland... Southwestern Carroll County in north central Maryland... Southern Frederick County in north central Maryland... * Until 1145 PM EDT Thursday. * At 536 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Frederick... Damascus... Harry Grove Stadium... Ballenger Creek... Mount Airy... Walkersville... Braddock Heights... New Market... Linganore-Bartonsville... Discovery-Spring Garden... Clover Hill... Green Valley... Adamstown... Jefferson... Buckeystown... Libertytown... Monrovia... Ijamsville... Park Mills... Mount Pleasant... Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
By The National Weather Service, Sterling, Va.