"Areal" Flood Warning?

[Kyle]

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/mechanicsville/20659/weather-warnings/2121565

St. Marys (1)

Areal Flood Warning

3:37 AM EST, Saturday, December 5

9:45 AM EST, Saturday, December 5
Source: U.S. National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGES, SOUTHWESTERN CALVERT, CENTRAL CHARLES AND ST. MARYS COUNTIES... At 542 AM EST, the Great Mills river gauge indicates minor flooding is currently ongoing in St. Marys County . Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen.

 

[PrchJrkr]

As opposed to Afake flood warning?

 

[limblips]

Not a weatherperson but I have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.

What is an 'areal' flood warning? Not a mistake, for one thing

An areal flood is a specific type of flood, and there are a lot of things that it is not.

www.nbc12.com

 

[Monello]