Elkridge Today: August 25

Rain starts today and could continue intermittently through the weekend in Elkridge. There's a flash flood watch in effect from noon through Thursday evening, said the National Weather Service (NWS).

The NWS said that storms, triggered by a coldfront, will hit the area this afternoon and evening, producing strong winds, heavy downpours, and possibly hail. There’s a high of 88 degrees and a low of 67, according to the NWS. 

“Hurricane Irene may impact the mid-Atlantic region late Saturday into early Sunday,” said the NWS.

Speaking of Hurricanes...On this day in 2009, the Elkridge Hurricanes youth football team showed their stuff during the Ravens' preseason halftime. Check the 'Canes out in this Youtube video from user iflybwi!

On Aug. 25, 1999, the Baltimore Sun reported that Howard County Police filed charges in the murder of an Elkridge woman—against her mother-in-law. In November 1998, the Sun said that Sara J. Williamson Raras, who lived in Elkridge and worked for the NSA as a statistician, was found murdered in her Meadowfield home, and police had reason to believe that her mother-in-law hired a hit man because she wanted custody of Raras' 1-year-old son. In 2000, the victim's mother-in-law—Emilia Domingo Raras—was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life without parole.