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WGUS81 KLWX 041438
FLSLWX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1038 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...
POTOMAC RIVER AT SHEPHERDSTOWN AFFECTING JEFFERSON, BERKELEY AND
WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER...INCLUDING SHEPHERDSTOWN, 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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON OR
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1045 PM EDT.
MDC043-WVC003-037-050245-
/O.EXT.KLWX.FL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-240406T0200Z/
/SHEW2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.240404T1800Z.240405T2000Z.NO/
1038 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...POTOMAC RIVER AT SHEPHERDSTOWN.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, WATER COVERS THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
ADJACENT TO THE SHEPHERDSTOWN BOAT RAMP. SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF
THE C&O CANAL TOWPATH ARE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:15 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.9 FEET, OR 2.9 FEET
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 0.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:15 AM EDT THURSDAY WAS 17.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 18.2
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
18.2 FEET ON 05/19/1988.
- 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
SHEPHERDSTOW 15.0 17.9 THU 10 AM 18.2 18.1 17.7 18.2 2PM THU
LAT...LON 3941 7779 3944 7782 3947 7782 3952 7788
3952 7786 3954 7784 3953 7780 3950 7775
3945 7775 3942 7771
EST
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