Flood Warning until 02:00AM Thursday
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 200 AM EDT.
* At 911 PM EDT, rain has ended, but stream gauges remain above flood stage and some flooding of low lying areas are 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