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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1102 AM EDT FRI APR 5 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...
POTOMAC RIVER AT EDWARDS FERRY AFFECTING MONTGOMERY AND LOUDOUN
COUNTIES.
FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER...INCLUDING SHEPHERDSTOWN, EDWARDS FERRY...
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 845 PM EDT.
MDC031-VAC107-060045-
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1102 AM EDT FRI APR 5 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...POTOMAC RIVER AT EDWARDS FERRY.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, WATER REACHES THE BOAT RAMP AND LOWER
PARKING AREA AT EDWARDS FERRY, AND BEGINS TO INUNDATE AREAS NEAR
WHITES FERRY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:46 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.4 FEET, OR 0.4 FEET
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 10:46 AM EDT FRIDAY WAS 15.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 9.2 FEET MONDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...NO AVAILABLE FLOOD HISTORY.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED FRI SAT SAT CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 8PM 2AM 8AM STG TIME DATE
POTOMAC RIVER
EDWARDS FERR 15.0 15.4 FRI 10 AM 14.3 13.4 12.9 MSG UNKNOWN
LAT...LON 3923 7744 3913 7745 3908 7730 3903 7736
3905 7745 3911 7755 3920 7754
EST
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