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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
921 PM EDT THU APR 4 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...WEST VIRGINIA...
POTOMAC RIVER AT EDWARDS FERRY AFFECTING LOUDOUN AND MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES.
POTOMAC RIVER AT SHEPHERDSTOWN AFFECTING WASHINGTON, BERKELEY AND
JEFFERSON 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 FRIDAY MORNING AT 930 AM EDT.
MDC031-VAC107-051330-
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921 PM EDT THU APR 4 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* 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 9:01 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET, OR 1.6 FEET
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:01 PM EDT THURSDAY WAS 16.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 9.7 FEET SUNDAY
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 FRI FRI FRI CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 2AM 8AM 2PM STG TIME DATE
POTOMAC RIVER
EDWARDS FERR 15.0 16.6 THU 9 PM 16.4 16.1 15.6 MSG UNKNOWN
LAT...LON 3923 7744 3913 7745 3908 7730 3903 7736
3905 7745 3911 7755 3920 7754
MDC043-WVC003-037-051330-
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/SHEW2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.240404T2145Z.240405T1541Z.NO/
921 PM EDT THU APR 4 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...POTOMAC RIVER AT SHEPHERDSTOWN.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.7 FEET, OR 2.7 FEET
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:45 PM EDT THURSDAY WAS 17.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 8.1 FEET SUNDAY
EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
17.8 FEET ON 04/21/1940.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED FRI FRI FRI CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 2AM 8AM 2PM STG TIME DATE
POTOMAC RIVER
SHEPHERDSTOW 15.0 17.7 THU 8 PM 17.1 15.8 14.5 MSG UNKNOWN
LAT...LON 3941 7779 3944 7782 3947 7782 3952 7788
3952 7786 3954 7784 3953 7780 3950 7775
3945 7775 3942 7771
CJL
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