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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1207 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
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ALLEGANY MD-GARRETT MD-GRANT WV-MINERAL WV-
1207 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* 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 500 PM EDT.
* 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 1207 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. SEVERAL ROAD
CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED, AND SEVERAL STREAMS ARE REACHING
MINOR FLOOD STAGE.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 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 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
GEIGER
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