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WGUS81 KLWX 040307
FLSLWX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1107 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON OR
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING AT 1000 AM EDT.
WVC003-037-041400-
/O.EXT.KLWX.FL.W.0026.000000T0000Z-240404T1400Z/
/MBGW2.1.ER.240404T0458Z.240404T0600Z.240404T0800Z.NO/
1107 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OPEQUON CREEK NEAR MARTINSBURG.
* WHEN...UNTIL 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET, OR 0.5 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 10.2 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
10.2 FEET ON 12/08/2011.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED THU THU THU CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 8AM 2PM 8PM STG TIME DATE
OPEQUON CREEK
MARTINSBURG 10.0 9.5 WED 10 PM 9.6 8.1 7.0 10.2 2AM THU
LAT...LON 3929 7807 3932 7804 3943 7799 3955 7792
3951 7786 3938 7792 3924 7800
CJL
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