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River Flood Warning 79, NWS Baltimore/Washington

September 9, 2018Allegany County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at Sep 9, 2018, 1:20 PM EDT for Allegany County, Maryland. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2018, 1:20 PM EDT (17:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2018, 8:58 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Allegany County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Georges Creek near Franklin/Westernport (WSTM2). The gauge peaked at 8.82 ft at Sep 9, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
9.1 ft
Moderate stage
11.1 ft
Major stage
13.1 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01599000, 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 Sep 9, 9:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 9:24 AM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 5:15 AM EDTCoastal Flood WarningLWXArlington, King George, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church3 days
Sep 9, 9:45 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXFrederick12 hr
Sep 9, 12:32 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church, City of Manassas Park6 hr
Sep 9, 12:56 PM EDTRiver Flood WatchLWXLoudoun5 days
Sep 9, 12:56 PM EDTRiver Flood WatchLWXLoudoun5 days
Sep 9, 12:57 PM EDTRiver Flood WatchLWXFairfax, Loudoun5 days
Sep 9, 2:38 PM EDTCoastal Flood WatchLWXArlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church38 hr
Sep 9, 3:34 PM EDTGale WarningLWX4 hr
Sep 9, 6:06 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXLoudoun59 hr
Sep 9, 6:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXLoudoun69 hr
Sep 9, 7:44 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAllegany18 hr
Sep 9, 9:36 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard and 2 more34 hr
Sep 9, 12:46 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXAllegany28 hr
Sep 9, 12:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXWashington52 hr
Sep 9, 12:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXFrederick48 hr
Sep 9, 12:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXWashington71 hr
Sep 9, 5:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXAllegany23 hr
Sep 9, 12:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXBerkeley, Jefferson40 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2018Every 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.