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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1156 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MARYLAND...
CONOCOCHEAGUE CREEK AT FAIRVIEW AFFECTING WASHINGTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON OR
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 515 PM EDT.
MDC043-042115-
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1156 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...CONOCOCHEAGUE CREEK AT FAIRVIEW.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, WISHARD ROAD AND KEMP MILL ROAD ARE BOTH
FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:45 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.1 FEET, OR 0.1 FEET
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:45 AM EDT THURSDAY WAS 10.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO 5.1 FEET SUNDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
10.0 FEET ON 10/23/1990.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED THU FRI FRI CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 8PM 2AM 8AM STG TIME
DATE
CONOCOCHEAGUE CREEK
FAIRVIEW 10.0 10.1 THU 10 AM 8.9 8.4 8.0 MSG
UNKNOWN
LAT...LON 3972 7786 3972 7776 3966 7778 3958 7781
3961 7784 3963 7786 3965 7787
BJL
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