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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
721 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA...
MARYLAND...
POTOMAC RIVER AT SHEPHERDSTOWN AFFECTING JEFFERSON, WASHINGTON
AND BERKELEY COUNTIES.
FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER...INCLUDING PAW PAW, HANCOCK, SHEPHERDSTOWN,
HARPERS FERRY, POINT OF ROCKS, EDWARDS FERRY, LITTLE FALLS...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON OR
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 730 PM EDT.
MDC043-WVC003-037-032330-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0022.240404T0448Z-240405T2048Z/
/SHEW2.1.ER.240404T0448Z.240405T0000Z.240405T1448Z.NO/
721 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...POTOMAC RIVER AT SHEPHERDSTOWN.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, RIVER ROAD IS COMPLETELY FLOODED IN LOW
SPOTS BETWEEN SHEPHERDSTOWN AND HARPERS FERRY. SIGNIFICANT
PORTIONS OF THE C&O CANAL TOWPATH ARE FLOODED BETWEEN MCMAHONS
MILL AND DAM NUMBER FOUR.
AT 16.0 FEET, WATER GOES OVER THE BANKS OF THE POTOMAC NEAR THE
MOUTH OF THE OPEQUON RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:15 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET, OR 4.3 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 0.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 18.0 FEET TOMORROW
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
18.0 FEET ON 12/09/1950.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED WED WED THU CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 2PM 8PM 2AM STG TIME DATE
POTOMAC RIVER
SHEPHERDSTOW 15.0 10.7 WED 5 AM 12.4 13.8 15.3 18.0 8PM THU
LAT...LON 3941 7779 3944 7782 3947 7782 3952 7788
3952 7786 3954 7784 3953 7780 3950 7775
3945 7775 3942 7771
GEIGER
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