Flood Warning until 11:45PM Tuesday
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Flood Warning for... Southwestern Allegany County in western Maryland... Eastern Mineral County in eastern West Virginia... Northwestern Hampshire County in eastern West Virginia...
* Until 1145 PM EDT Tuesday.
* At 544 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain which will cause flooding. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Frostburg, Keyser, Westernport, Romney, Bel Air, Fort Ashby, Lonaconing, Piedmont, Cresaptown, Rawlings, Springfield, Barton, Midland, Midlothian, Franklin, Green Spring, Woodland, Oldtown, Luke and Spring Gap.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALLEGANY, MD ... HAMPSHIRE, WV ... MINERAL, WV
Instructions:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Address/Location
Mineral County WV Emergency Management
Pine Swamp Rd
Keyser, WV 26726
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 304-788-1821
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flood Warning