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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
657 PM EDT Thu Aug 29 2024

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Allegany County in western Maryland...
  Northeastern Mineral County in eastern West Virginia...

* Until 1000 PM EDT.

* At 657 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1.5 to 3 inches in 1 
  hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in 
  the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Cumberland...                      Bel Air...
  Fort Ashby...                      Ridgeley...
  Cresaptown...                      Potomac Park...
  Wiley Ford...                      Rawlings...
  Spring Gap...                      Short Gap...
  Pinto...                           Brady...
  Patterson Creek...                 North Branch...
  Reeses Mill...                     Wagoner...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3947 7897 3951 7891 3961 7883 3965 7879
      3966 7876 3963 7870 3959 7866 3952 7867
      3950 7870 3946 7873 3944 7876 3945 7877
      3942 7879 3939 7880 3940 7884 3941 7888
      3944 7894 3946 7897

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1.5-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

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