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WGUS81 KLWX 050120
FLSLWX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
920 PM EDT THU APR 4 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MARYLAND...
SUSQUEHANNA BELOW CONOWINGO DAM AFFECTING HARFORD AND CECIL
COUNTIES.
FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER...INCLUDING CONOWINGO DAM...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 FRIDAY MORNING AT 930 AM EDT.
MDC015-025-051330-
/O.EXT.KLWX.FL.W.0028.240405T0120Z-240406T1200Z/
/CNWM2.1.ER.240404T1957Z.240404T2130Z.240406T0600Z.NO/
920 PM EDT THU APR 4 2024
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO SATURDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SUSQUEHANNA BELOW CONOWINGO DAM.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.7 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN THE TOWN OF PORT
DEPOSIT, MARYLAND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.3 FEET, OR 0.2 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS AT 23.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 23.5
FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 23.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
23.5 FEET ON 05/18/1989.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED FRI FRI FRI CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 2AM 8AM 2PM STG TIME DATE
SUSQUEHANNA
CONOWINGO DAM 23.5 23.3 THU 8 PM 23.1 22.8 23.2 23.5 8PM FRI
LAT...LON 3966 7622 3968 7616 3955 7604 3952 7611
CJL
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