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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
423 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
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ALLEGANY MD-GARRETT MD-MINERAL WV-
423 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* 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 COUNTY, MINERAL.
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 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 423 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 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...
CUMBERLAND... FROSTBURG...
KEYSER... MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK...
OAKLAND... WESTERNPORT...
BEL AIR... BITTINGER...
LA VALE... FORT ASHBY...
LONACONING... PIEDMONT...
GRANTSVILLE... LOCH LYNN HEIGHTS...
FRIENDSVILLE... DEER PARK...
ACCIDENT... ELK GARDEN...
KITZMILLER... RIDGELEY...
- 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 7835 3969 7831 3966 7836 3965 7834
3963 7838 3961 7837 3962 7843 3959 7840
3959 7846 3955 7842 3955 7846 3952 7847
3954 7866 3924 7898 3931 7913 3933 7927
3930 7929 3930 7933 3921 7949 3972 7948
GEIGER
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