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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1019 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 MARYLAND...
VIRGINIA...
POTOMAC RIVER AT EDWARDS FERRY AFFECTING LOUDOUN AND MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES.
FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER...INCLUDING EDWARDS FERRY...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 1030 PM EDT.
MDC031-VAC107-040230-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0025.240404T0900Z-240406T0516Z/
/EDFM2.1.ER.240404T0900Z.240405T0600Z.240405T2315Z.UU/
1019 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...POTOMAC RIVER AT EDWARDS FERRY.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, WATER REACHES THE BOAT RAMP AND LOWER
PARKING AREA AT EDWARDS FERRY, AND BEGINS TO INUNDATE AREAS NEAR
WHITES FERRY.
AT 17.0 FEET, FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO ENTER THE STORE AT WHITES FERRY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:00 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.3 FEET, OR 3.7
FEET BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- BACKFULL STATE IS 12.25 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 16.9 FEET EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.9 FEET ON 03/02/2021.
- PLEASE VISIT 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
EDWARDS FERR 15.0 11.3 WED 10 AM 12.3 13.6 14.6 16.9 2AM FRI
LAT...LON 3923 7744 3913 7745 3908 7730 3903 7736
3905 7745 3911 7755 3920 7754
GEIGER
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