Flood Warning until 10:00PM Wednesday
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has extended the
* Flood Warning for... Allegany County in western Maryland... North Central Hampshire County in eastern West Virginia... Northeastern Mineral County in eastern West Virginia...
* Until 1000 PM EDT.
* At 634 PM EDT, Rain has ended and stream gauges are indicating that water levels are receding, however, some flooding of low lying areas still being reported in around the Cumberland area.
* 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... This includes the following Flood Prone Roads: Springfield Pike near Abernathy Run... Route 1 near Green Spring Run...
* 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