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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington

February 16, 2018Garrett County, Maryland; Mineral County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at Feb 16, 2018, 1:36 PM EST for Garrett County, Maryland; Mineral County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 16, 2018, 2:05 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2018, 1:36 PM EST (18:36 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 16, 2018, 2:05 PM EST
Expired: Feb 17, 2018, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Garrett County, MD, Mineral County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North Branch Potomac River at Kitzmiller (KITM2). The gauge peaked at 8.96 ft at Feb 16, 2018, 4:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01595500, 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 Feb 16, 10:27 AM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 10:27 AM EST, 3 hours 9 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
Feb 16, 6:22 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		24 hr
Feb 16, 1:36 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		54 min
Feb 16, 1:55 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		65 min
Feb 16, 2:09 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		2 hr
Feb 16, 2:24 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		66 min
Feb 16, 3:25 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		2 hr
Feb 16, 3:51 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		114 min
Feb 16, 9:38 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Garrett	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2018 River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2018 Every river flood warning in 2018

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.