{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.538111e23e8c0e840ff6289c8287f76bf29c6b4c.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 6:21PM EDT until July 21 at 9:30PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-21","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.538111e23e8c0e840ff6289c8287f76bf29c6b4c.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC"},"word_count":211,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 6:21PM EDT until July 21 at 9:30PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Anne Arundel, MD; Baltimore, MD; Baltimore City, MD\n**Issued by:** NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC\n**Sent:** 2026-07-21T18:21:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-21T18:21:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-21T21:30:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nFFWLWX\n\nThe National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nNorth Central Anne Arundel County in central Maryland...\nSoutheastern Baltimore County in northern Maryland...\nBaltimore City in northern Maryland...\n\n* Until 930 PM EDT.\n\n* At 621 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of\nrain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are\npossible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected\nto begin shortly.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban\nareas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as\nother poor drainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nBaltimore...                       Middle River...\nSparrows Point...                  Back River...\nNorth Point State Park...          Glen Burnie...\nDundalk...                         Catonsville...\nEssex...                           Woodlawn...\nPasadena...                        Arbutus...\nRosedale...                        Ferndale...\nRossville...                       Brooklyn Park...\nPumphrey...                        Linthicum...\nEdgemere...\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles."}