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Flood Warning Posted For Allegany & Mineral Counties

August 6th, 2018 by WCBC Radio

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Flood Warning for...
  Western Allegany County in western Maryland...
  Northeastern Mineral County in eastern West Virginia...

* Until 645 PM EDT Monday.

* At 1242 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain which will cause flooding. Up to one inch of rain has
  already fallen.

* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
  Cumberland, Frostburg, Keyser, Westernport, Bel Air, La Vale,
  Lonaconing, Piedmont, Ridgeley, Cresaptown, Potomac Park, Wiley
  Ford, Eckhart Mines, Rawlings, Barton, Midland, Franklin, Woodland,
  Dogwood Flats and Reynolds.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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July 24th, 2018 by WCBC Radio

A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ALLEGANY AND NORTHEASTERN MINERAL COUNTIES...

At 816 PM EDT, the Allegany County 911 Center reported several roads
closed in Cumberland due to high water. Doppler radar estimates that
1 to 3 inches of rain has fallen across the area, and this will
cause creeks and streams to rise this evening.

Some locations that may experience flooding include...
Cumberland, Frostburg, Bel Air, La Vale, Fort Ashby, Ridgeley,
Cresaptown, Potomac Park, Wiley Ford, Eckhart Mines, Mount Savage,
Rawlings, Ellerslie, Corriganville, Spring Gap, Patterson Creek,
Pinto, Short Gap, North Branch and Brady.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.


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