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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1100 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MARYLAND...
MONOCACY RIVER NEAR FREDERICK AFFECTING FREDERICK COUNTY.
FOR THE MONOCACY RIVER...INCLUDING FREDERICK...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON OR
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING AT 1100 AM EDT.
MDC021-041500-
/O.EXT.KLWX.FL.W.0023.000000T0000Z-240404T1500Z/
/FDKM2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.240404T0245Z.240404T0900Z.NO/
1100 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...MONOCACY RIVER NEAR FREDERICK.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, MUCH OF PINECLIFF PARK AND RIVERMIST PARK
IN FREDERICK ARE FLOODED. BUCKEYSTOWN COMMUNITY PARK IS ALSO
FLOODED WITH WATER APPROACHING THE PARKING LOT. WATERS ARE ALSO
APPROACHING THE FREDERICK CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE
BALLENGER CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. SIGNIFICANT BACKWATER
FLOODING IS OCCURRING. SEVERAL ROADS WILL BE CLOSED ALONG THE
RIVER AND ADJOINING CREEKS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:45 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.6 FEET, OR 0.6
FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:45 PM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 15.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 5.7 FEET SATURDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.6 FEET ON 03/31/1974.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED THU THU THU CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 2AM 8AM 2PM STG TIME DATE
MONOCACY RIVER
FREDERICK 15.0 15.6 WED 10 PM 15.4 14.6 12.9 MSG UNKNOWN
LAT...LON 3958 7738 3955 7731 3940 7735 3924 7741
3922 7745 3926 7748 3951 7742
CJL
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