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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
322 PM 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...
OPEQUON CREEK NEAR MARTINSBURG AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND BERKELEY
COUNTIES.
FOR THE OPEQUON CREEK...INCLUDING MARTINSBURG...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 LATE TONIGHT AT 330 AM EDT.
WVC003-037-040730-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0026.240404T0300Z-240404T1431Z/
/MBGW2.1.ER.240404T0300Z.240404T0600Z.240404T0830Z.NO/
322 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW
MORNING...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OPEQUON CREEK NEAR MARTINSBURG.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.0 FEET, FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO COVER DOUGLAS GROVE
ROAD (COUNTY ROAD 9/16) EAST OF MARTINSBURG. A PORTION OF BOWERS
ROAD IS ALSO FLOODED. LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE CREEK BEGIN TO
FLOOD. WATER ALSO BEGINS TO COVER THE STREAM ACCESS POINT AT THE
VAN METRE FORD PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
AT 11.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO COVER BACKYARDS OF HOMES ON BOWERS
ROAD (COUNTY ROAD 1/1). DOUGLAS GROVE ROAD (COUNTY ROAD 9/16) IS
FLOODED AND IMPASSIBLE. WATER ALSO APPROACHES GOLF COURSE ROAD
(COUNTY ROAD 36) AND GRAPEVINE ROAD (COUNTY ROAD 9/14).
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:30 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET, OR 2.0 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 10.5 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
10.5 FEET ON 02/23/2003.
- PLEASE VISIT WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY AND
PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED WED THU THU CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 8PM 2AM 8AM STG TIME DATE
OPEQUON CREEK
MARTINSBURG 10.0 8.0 WED 2 PM 9.5 10.5 9.3 10.5 2AM THU
LAT...LON 3929 7807 3932 7804 3943 7799 3955 7792
3951 7786 3938 7792 3924 7800
GEIGER
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