2 Warnings Issued In Howard County Due To Flood Concerns

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Howard County is on alert Monday morning as heavy rain has led to flood warnings. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning and a flood warning for parts of Howard County.

Drivers and pedestrians who encounter water-covered roads should turn around; don't drown.

Western Howard County is under a flash flood warning until 11:45 a.m. on Monday, July 8. A flash flood warning means that flash flooding, or a rapid rise in water level that can be life-threatening, is occurring or imminent.

Up to 2 inches of rain had fallen in parts of Howard County after 9 a.m., radar showed; and with extremely heavy rain continuing to fall from Columbia westward, the National Weather Service warned flash flooding was expected.

These locations will likely experience flash flooding, the warning states: Columbia, Scaggsville, Fulton, Highland, Simpsonville, Clarksville, Henryton, West Friendship, Lisbon, Glenwood, Dayton, Woodstock, Watersville, Poplar Springs, Roxbury Mills, Glenelg, Marriottsville
and Woodbine.

A flood warning is in effect for Howard County until 12:30 p.m. on Monday, July 8. The warning means flooding is occurring or imminent.

Up to an inch of rain had already fallen by 8:25 a.m. and heavy rain was continuing in the area with intensity increasing, according to the National Weather Service.

These places will experience flooding, according to the flood warning: Columbia, Elkridge, Ellicott City, Catonsville, Woodlawn, Eldersburg, Laurel, Sykesville, Savage-guilford, Scaggsville, Ilchester, Burtonsville, Jessup, Savage, Fulton, Highland, Clarksville, Henryton, West Friendship and Dayton.