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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
540 AM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
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GARRETT MD-
540 AM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF WESTERN MARYLAND, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, GARRETT.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1145 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 540 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK... OAKLAND...
BITTINGER... GRANTSVILLE...
LOCH LYNN HEIGHTS... FRIENDSVILLE...
DEER PARK... ACCIDENT...
DEEP CREEK LAKE STATE PARK... MCHENRY...
MCCOMAS BEACH... SWALLOW FALLS STATE
PARK...
BIG RUN STATE PARK... SELBYSPORT...
JENNINGS... HUTTON...
MINERAL SPRING... KEYSERS RIDGE...
CRELLIN... NEW GERMANY...
- 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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 3929 7934 3929 7935 3928 7936 3927 7939
3923 7942 3923 7943 3920 7947 3921 7949
3972 7948 3972 7906 3967 7907 3941 7919
3935 7928 3930 7932
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