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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
457 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
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WASHINGTON MD-BERKELEY WV-MORGAN WV-
457 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, WASHINGTON AND PANHANDLE WEST VIRGINIA,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BERKELEY AND MORGAN.
* 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 457 PM EDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING
IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- 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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