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Mineral County WV Emergency Management
Wednesday September 1st, 2021 :: 12:52 p.m. EDT

Alert

Flood Warning until 07:00PM

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

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

* Until 700 PM EDT Wednesday.

* At 1252 PM EDT, Doppler radar and stream gauges 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.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Cumberland... Keyser... Bel Air... Paw Paw... La Vale... Fort Ashby... Ridgeley... Cresaptown... Potomac Park... Wiley Ford... Rawlings... Springfield... Green Spring... Flintstone... Oldtown... Spring Gap... Little Orleans... Wagoner... Patterson Creek... North Branch... Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area.

* 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

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