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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
624 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
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ALLEGANY MD-GARRETT MD-GRANT WV-MINERAL WV-
624 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, ALLEGANY AND GARRETT AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, GRANT AND MINERAL.
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 623 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CUMBERLAND... FROSTBURG...
KEYSER... MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK...
OAKLAND... WESTERNPORT...
BEL AIR... PAW PAW...
BAYARD... BITTINGER...
LA VALE... FORT ASHBY...
LONACONING... PIEDMONT...
GRANTSVILLE... LOCH LYNN HEIGHTS...
FRIENDSVILLE... DEER PARK...
ACCIDENT... ELK GARDEN...
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3972 7948 3972 7835 3969 7831 3961 7837
3962 7843 3959 7840 3959 7846 3955 7842
3952 7847 3954 7866 3924 7898 3930 7912
3891 7928 3896 7936 3905 7930 3909 7936
3920 7930 3919 7949 3952 7948
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