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WGUS41 KLWX 061934
FLWLWX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
234 PM EST THU FEB 6 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC HAS
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR PETERSBURG AFFECTING GRANT AND
HARDY COUNTIES.
FOR THE SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER...INCLUDING FRANKLIN, MOOREFIELD
- SF, PETERSBURG, SPRINGFIELD...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 LATE TONIGHT AT 145 AM EST.
WVC023-031-070645-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FL.W.0001.250206T2304Z-250207T0632Z/
/PETW2.1.ER.250206T2304Z.250207T0000Z.250207T0031Z.NO/
234 PM EST THU FEB 6 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR PETERSBURG.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, WATER APPROACHES STRUCTURES UPSTREAM OF
PETERSBURG. WATER ALSO BEGINS TO COVER FISH HATCHERY ROAD NEAR THE
RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:00 PM EST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.1 FEET, OR 0.9 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 14.2 FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
14.2 FEET ON 03/05/2008.
- 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 7PM 1AM 7AM STG
TIME DATE
SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER
PETERSBURG 14.0 13.1 THU 2 PM 14.2 11.9 9.9
14.2 7PM THU
LAT...LON 3891 7928 3902 7920 3907 7899 3907 7897
3897 7902 3894 7918 3886 7921
GEIGER
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