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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
817 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...
WILLS CREEK NEAR CUMBERLAND AFFECTING ALLEGANY COUNTY.
FOR THE WILLS CREEK...INCLUDING CUMBERLAND...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 830 PM EDT.
MDC001-040030-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0024.240403T1403Z-240404T0408Z/
/CWCM2.1.ER.240403T1403Z.240403T1800Z.240403T2207Z.NO/
817 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WILLS CREEK NEAR CUMBERLAND.
* WHEN...UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, WATER REACHES A PRIVATE BRIDGE NEAR
CORRIGANVILLE, AND A CAR WASH AT MOTOR CITY. WATER ALSO REACHES
THE PARKING LOTS OF BUSINESSES ALONG ROUTE 36 AT MOTOR CITY.
VEHICLES MAY NEED TO BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.
AT 11.0 FEET, WATER APPROACHES BUSINESSES AT MOTOR CITY. VEHICLES
MUST BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET, OR 0.5 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE. IT WILL THEN FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING TO 10.9 FEET THIS AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
10.9 FEET ON 03/13/2010.
- 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
WILLS CREEK
CUMBERLAND 10.0 9.5 WED 8 AM 10.9 9.6 8.5 10.9 2PM WED
LAT...LON 3973 7880 3973 7874 3967 7875 3965 7875
3965 7879 3967 7881 3970 7881
GEIGER
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