UPDATED: Vehicles Stuck in Water in Brooklyn Park, NWS Cancels Flash Flood Warning

UPDATED (10:38 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15): The National Weather Service canceled the flash flood warning in the area at 10:31 a.m.

Original article: Two vehicles were stranded in about 18 inches of water on Belle Grove Road in Brooklyn Park Monday morning during a flash flood warning from the National Weather Service (NWS). The warning continues until 11 a.m.

Emergency responders rescued four adults and one child from two vehicles that got stuck just before 8 a.m. in the 4900 block of Belle Grove Road, according to Anne Arundel County Fire Department spokesman Capt. James Rostek.

The water flooded the roadway after heavy rain fell overnight and this morning.

Flooding in the area has caused standstill traffic along Ritchie Highway heading north.

At 7:57 a.m., NWS issued a flash flood warning for the northern Anne Arundel County area. Specific areas that will continue to be affected include Glen Burnie, Brooklyn Park, Ferndale, Pumphrey and neighborhoods in Baltimore City.

According to NWS radar, one to two inches of rainfall has occurred and an additional one to two inches are possible in the area.

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall could cause the flooding of small creeks, streams, highways and underpasses. Areas along the banks of creeks, streams and other low-lying areas also are subject to flooding.

Regional Editor Stephanie Siegel Burke contributed to this report.