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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1110 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
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WASHINGTON MD-BERKELEY WV-MORGAN WV-
1110 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, WASHINGTON AND PANHANDLE WEST VIRGINIA,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BERKELEY AND MORGAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 515 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1109 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HANCOCK... WILSON-CONOCOCHEAGUE...
WILLIAMSPORT... BERKELEY SPRINGS...
HALFWAY... FALLING WATERS...
GREAT CACAPON... CLEAR SPRING...
HEDGESVILLE... PECKTONVILLE...
BIG SPRING... BIG POOL...
SLEEPY CREEK... CHERRY RUN...
SPRUCE PINE HOLLOW... JOHNSONTOWN...
SPOHRS CROSSROADS... SHADY GROVE...
NEW HOPE... JOHNSONS MILL...
- PLEASE VISIT 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.
LAT...LON 3963 7835 3964 7835 3964 7833 3965 7834
3969 7831 3971 7833 3972 7833 3972 7778
3964 7777 3956 7786 3954 7798 3954 7817
3959 7839
GEIGER
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