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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
736 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...
MONOCACY RIVER NEAR FREDERICK AFFECTING FREDERICK COUNTY.
FOR THE MONOCACY RIVER...INCLUDING FREDERICK...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 745 PM EDT.
MDC021-032345-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0023.240403T2300Z-240404T2044Z/
/FDKM2.1.ER.240403T2300Z.240404T0600Z.240404T1443Z.NO/
736 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW AFTERNOON
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MONOCACY RIVER NEAR FREDERICK.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, BOTH BANKS OF THE RIVER ARE FLOODED. WATER
BEGINS TO FLOOD LOW-LYING FIELDS AT MONOCACY NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD.
WATER REACHES THE ACCESS ROAD OF THE FREDERICK CITY WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PLANT. BACKWATER FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON SEVERAL AREA
CREEKS, PARTICULARLY CARROLL CREEK IN FREDERICK.
AT 16.0 FEET, MUCH OF PINECLIFF PARK AND RIVERMIST PARK IN
FREDERICK ARE FLOODED. BUCKEYSTOWN COMMUNITY PARK IS ALSO FLOODED
WITH WATER APPROACHING THE PARKING LOT. WATERS ARE ALSO
APPROACHING THE FREDERICK CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE
BALLENGER CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. SIGNIFICANT BACKWATER
FLOODING IS OCCURRING. SEVERAL ROADS WILL BE CLOSED ALONG THE
RIVER AND ADJOINING CREEKS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:30 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.6 FEET, OR 2.4 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 15.7 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.7 FEET ON 03/27/1978.
- 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
MONOCACY RIVER
FREDERICK 15.0 12.6 WED 6 AM 14.0 15.2 15.7 15.7 2AM THU
LAT...LON 3958 7738 3955 7731 3940 7735 3924 7741
3922 7745 3926 7748 3951 7742
GEIGER
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