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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1039 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...
POTOMAC RIVER AT EDWARDS FERRY AFFECTING LOUDOUN AND MONTGOMERY
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.
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.
MDC031-VAC107-050245-
/O.CON.KLWX.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-240406T0600Z/
/EDFM2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.240405T0000Z.240406T0000Z.UU/
1039 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...POTOMAC RIVER AT EDWARDS FERRY.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 17.0 FEET, FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO ENTER THE STORE AT
WHITES FERRY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:17 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET, OR 0.9 FEET
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
- BACKFULL STATE IS 12.25 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:17 AM EDT THURSDAY WAS 15.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.8
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW 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 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
EDWARDS FERR 15.0 15.9 THU 10 AM 16.4 16.8 16.7 16.8 8PM THU
LAT...LON 3923 7744 3913 7745 3908 7730 3903 7736
3905 7745 3911 7755 3920 7754
EST
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