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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
656 AM EDT THU APR 4 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 POINT OF ROCKS AFFECTING LOUDOUN AND FREDERICK
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 700 PM EDT.
MDC021-VAC107-042300-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0027.240404T2308Z-240405T1241Z/
/PORM2.1.ER.240404T2308Z.240405T0000Z.240405T0640Z.NO/
656 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW MORNING
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...POTOMAC RIVER AT POINT OF ROCKS.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, THE PARKING LOTS AT BOTH THE MCKIMMEY AND
BRUNSWICK BOAT RAMPS BEGIN TO FLOOD. FLOODING OF AN AGRICULTURAL
FIELD ADJACENT TO THE MCKIMMEY BOAT RAMP IS OCCURRING. ABOUT HALF
THE LOWER PARKING LOT OF THE POINT OF ROCKS BOAT RAMP IS ALSO
FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:30 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.6 FEET, OR 2.4 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 16.1 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.1 FEET ON 09/01/1911.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED THU THU FRI CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 2PM 8PM 2AM STG TIME DATE
POTOMAC RIVER
POINT OF ROCKS 16.0 13.6 THU 6 AM 15.4 16.1 16.1 16.1 8PM THU
LAT...LON 3936 7766 3934 7757 3926 7747 3923 7744
3920 7754 3927 7760 3930 7770
KJP
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