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WGUS81 KLWX 051042
FLSLWX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
642 AM EDT FRI APR 5 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.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON OR
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 645 PM EDT.
MDC015-025-052245-
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/CNWM2.1.ER.240404T1957Z.240404T2130Z.240406T0600Z.NO/
642 AM EDT FRI APR 5 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SUSQUEHANNA BELOW CONOWINGO DAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.7 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN THE TOWN OF PORT
DEPOSIT, MARYLAND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:30 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.0 FEET, OR 0.5 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 THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- 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 SAT CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 2PM 8PM 2AM STG TIME DATE
SUSQUEHANNA
CONOWINGO DAM 23.5 23.0 FRI 5 AM 23.2 23.5 23.5 23.5 8PM FRI
LAT...LON 3966 7622 3968 7616 3955 7604 3952 7611
EST
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