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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1154 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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 LATE TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT EDT.
MDC021-VAC107-050400-
/O.EXT.KLWX.FL.W.0027.240405T0000Z-240405T0600Z/
/PORM2.1.ER.240405T0000Z.240405T0000Z.240405T0000Z.NO/
1154 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...POTOMAC RIVER AT POINT OF ROCKS.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* 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 11:30 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.8 FEET, OR 1.2 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.0
FEET THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.0 FEET ON 03/06/1964.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED THU FRI FRI CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 8PM 2AM 8AM STG TIME DATE
POTOMAC RIVER
POINT OF ROCKS 16.0 14.8 THU 11 AM 16.0 15.7 15.4 16.0 8PM THU
LAT...LON 3936 7766 3934 7757 3926 7747 3923 7744
3920 7754 3927 7760 3930 7770
BJL
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