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WGUS41 KLWX 161638
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1238 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2025
MDC043-162245-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FA.W.0115.250816T1638Z-250816T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON MD-
1238 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTY, WASHINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 645 PM EDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1238 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAGERSTOWN... ROBINWOOD...
FOUNTAINHEAD-ORCHARD HILLS... SMITHSBURG...
PARAMOUNT-LONG MEADOW... MOUNT AETNA...
LONG MEADOW... MAUGANSVILLE...
CAVETOWN... LEITERSBURG...
FORT RITCHIE... CHEWSVILLE...
RINGGOLD... MIDDLEBURG...
BRIDGEPORT... CASCADE...
HIGHFIELD...
- 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 3972 7776 3972 7747 3969 7750 3968 7751
3968 7750 3968 7749 3964 7752 3963 7753
3963 7755 3962 7757 3959 7758 3962 7766
KJP
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