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WGUS81 KLWX 051747
FLSLWX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
147 PM EDT FRI APR 5 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...
POTOMAC RIVER AT EDWARDS FERRY AFFECTING MONTGOMERY AND LOUDOUN
COUNTIES.
FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER...INCLUDING 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-
/O.CON.KLWX.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-240406T0045Z/
/EDFM2.1.ER.000000T0000Z.240404T2330Z.240405T1845Z.UU/
147 PM EDT FRI APR 5 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* 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 1:31 PM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.1 FEET, OR 0.1 FEET
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 1:31 PM EDT FRIDAY WAS 15.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.1
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS
AFTERNOON.
- 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 FERRY 15.0 15.1 FRI 1 PM 14.3 13.4 12.9 15.1 2PM FRI
LAT...LON 3923 7744 3913 7745 3908 7730 3903 7736
3905 7745 3911 7755 3920 7754
EST
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