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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Baltimore/Washington

March 31, 2014Frederick County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at Mar 31, 2014, 5:59 AM EDT for Frederick County, Maryland. It took effect at Mar 31, 2014, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2014, 5:59 AM EDT (09:59 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 31, 2014, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 31, 2014, 8:20 PM EDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Frederick County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Monocacy River near Frederick at Interstate 70 (FDKM2). The gauge peaked at 15.50 ft at Mar 31, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01643000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 30, 4:00 PM EDT, 13 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 4:00 PM EDT, 13 hours 59 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 1:28 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		7 hr
Mar 30, 10:03 PM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	LWX	Carroll	110 min
Mar 31, 6:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Prince George's	6 hr
Mar 31, 7:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Frederick	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.