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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1143 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...WEST
VIRGINIA...
SHENANDOAH RIVER AT MILLVILLE AFFECTING WARREN, CLARKE AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
FOR THE SHENANDOAH RIVER...INCLUDING MILLVILLE...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 TUESDAY MORNING AT 1145 AM EDT.
VAC043-187-WVC037-011545-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0049.241001T2107Z-241003T1930Z/
/MILW2.1.ER.241001T2107Z.241002T0600Z.241003T1330Z.NO/
1143 PM EDT MON SEP 30 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SHENANDOAH RIVER AT MILLVILLE.
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, WATER REACHES THE RIVER ACCESS AT WAGON
TRAIL PLACE NEAR HARPERS FERRY, AND COMPLETELY COVERS THE PARKING
LOT OF THE LOWER BOAT RAMP AT MILLVILLE DAM. PORTIONS OF THE COOL
SPRING BATTLEFIELD BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 PM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET, OR 3.0 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 12.3 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THURSDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
12.2 FEET ON 02/05/1939.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED TUE TUE TUE CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 8AM 2PM 8PM STG TIME DATE
SHENANDOAH RIVER
MILLVILLE 10.0 7.0 MON 11 PM 7.5 8.8 11.1 12.3 2AM WED
LAT...LON 3897 7821 3905 7805 3935 7778 3932 7772
3914 7785 3895 7807 3892 7816
KJP
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