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WGUS41 KLWX 041549
FLWLWX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1149 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MARYLAND...
SUSQUEHANNA BELOW CONOWINGO DAM AFFECTING HARFORD AND CECIL
COUNTIES.
FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER...INCLUDING CONOWINGO DAM...MINOR FLOODING
IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON OR
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT EDT.
MDC015-025-050400-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0028.240405T0400Z-240406T2200Z/
/CNWM2.1.ER.240405T0400Z.240406T0000Z.240406T1600Z.NO/
1149 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY EVENING
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SUSQUEHANNA BELOW CONOWINGO DAM.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.7 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN THE TOWN OF PORT
DEPOSIT, MARYLAND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.3 FEET, OR 1.2 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS AT 23.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 24.0 FEET TOMORROW
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 23.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
24.0 FEET ON 10/10/1976.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED THU FRI FRI CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 8PM 2AM 8AM STG TIME DATE
SUSQUEHANNA
CONOWINGO DAM 23.5 22.3 THU 11 AM 23.3 23.6 23.8 24.0 8PM FRI
LAT...LON 3966 7622 3968 7616 3955 7604 3952 7611
BJL
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