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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
759 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
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CECIL MD-
759 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHEAST MARYLAND, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, CECIL.
* WHEN...UNTIL 900 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 758 PM EDT, PINE GROVE DAM IN PENNSYLVANIA PERFORMED A
RELEASE OF WATER WHICH WILL LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG OCTORARO
CREEK. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN
THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RISING SUN... RICHARDSMERE...
CONOWINGO... OCTORARO...
ROCK SPRINGS...
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.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
CJL
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