Flood Warnings

Emergency Information Hotline

City of Frederick Emergency Information Hotline: 301-600-1300

Community Alerts

The City of Frederick uses the Alert Frederick County for community safety alerts. Visit the Alert Center to sign-up for important neighborhood level public safety information, through the web, email and cell phone

Watches & Warnings

• Flash flood - A flash flood is occurring
• Areal flood – A gradually developing flood, due to moderate to heavy rainfall. Flooding occurs more than 6 hours after rainfall begins.
• Flash flood watch - Flash flooding is possible
• Flood warning - Flooding is occurring or will occur soon
• Flood watch - Flooding is possible

TV

• Fox 5, Washington D.C. (Comcast channel 5)
• NBC News Channel 4, Washington D.C. (Comcast channel 4)
• NBC WBAL, Baltimore (Comcast channel 11)
• NBC25, Hagerstown (Comcast channel 12)

Newspaper

• The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore
• Frederick Magazine, Frederick
• The Frederick News-Post, Frederick
• The Gazette, Frederick
• The Hagerstown Herald-Mail, Hagerstown
• The Washington Post, Washington D.C.

Radio

• WAFY, Frederick (103.1 FM, Key103)
• WAMU, Washington DC (88.5 FM, NPR)
• WCRH, Williamsport (90.5 FM, The Compass)
• WFMD, Frederick (930 AM, News Radio)
• WGMS, Hagerstown (89.1 FM, NPR)
• WTOP, Washington D.C. (103.5 FM, News Radio)
• WWEG, Frederick (106.9 FM, The Eagle)
• WYPR/WYPF, Baltimore/Frederick (88.1 FM, NPR)