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WGUS41 KLWX 031119
FLWLWX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
719 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MARYLAND...
CONOCOCHEAGUE CREEK AT FAIRVIEW AFFECTING WASHINGTON COUNTY.
FOR THE CONOCOCHEAGUE CREEK...INCLUDING FAIRVIEW...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 THIS EVENING AT 730 PM EDT.
MDC043-032330-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0021.240404T0300Z-240405T0100Z/
/FAVM2.1.ER.240404T0300Z.240404T1200Z.240404T1900Z.NO/
719 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW
EVENING...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...CONOCOCHEAGUE CREEK AT FAIRVIEW.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, SEVERAL ROADS, INCLUDING WISHARD ROAD,
KEMPS MILL ROAD, INDEPENDENCE ROAD, CRESS POND ROAD, AND WALNUT
POINT ROAD, ARE FLOODED NORTH OF WILLIAMSPORT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:45 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET, OR 2.0 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 10.6 FEET TOMORROW MORNING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
10.6 FEET ON 03/14/1933.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED WED WED THU CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 2PM 8PM 2AM STG TIME
DATE
CONOCOCHEAGUE CREEK
FAIRVIEW 10.0 8.0 WED 6 AM 8.7 9.6 10.4 10.6 8AM
THU
LAT...LON 3972 7786 3972 7776 3966 7778 3958 7781
3961 7784 3963 7786 3965 7787
GEIGER
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