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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
206 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
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CECIL MD-
206 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHEAST MARYLAND, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, CECIL.
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* 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 202 PM EDT, A DAM OPERATOR REPORTED THAT PINE GROVE DAM IN
PENNSYLVANIA IS PERFORMING A RELEASE OF WATER WHICH WILL LEAD
TO FLOODING ALONG OCTORARO CREEK. NEW BRIDGE ROAD AND DR.
JACK ROAD WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING IN CECIL COUNTY.
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. BETWEEN 1.5
AND 2 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...
RISING SUN... RICHARDSMERE...
CONOWINGO... OCTORARO...
ROCK SPRINGS...
- 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.
LAT...LON 3964 7615 3965 7616 3966 7617 3967 7618
3968 7618 3969 7618 3972 7616 3972 7615
3972 7614 3972 7612 3972 7609 3972 7606
3967 7610 3965 7613
GEIGER
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