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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
856 AM EST FRI FEB 7 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST
VIRGINIA...
SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR SPRINGFIELD AFFECTING HAMPSHIRE
AND HARDY COUNTIES.
FOR THE SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER...INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
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 THIS EVENING AT 900 PM EST.
WVC027-031-080200-
/O.EXT.KLWX.FL.W.0002.250207T1638Z-250208T0224Z/
/SPRW2.1.ER.250207T1638Z.250207T1800Z.250207T2024Z.NO/
856 AM EST FRI FEB 7 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR SPRINGFIELD.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, MILLESON MILL ROAD (COUNTY ROUTE 28/5) AND
CLARENCE TAYLOR ROAD (ROUTE 3/7) BEGIN TO FLOOD. WATER COVERS A
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF MEADOWLANDS NEAR THE RIVER. THE BOAT LAUNCH
RAMP ON THE UPSTREAM RIGHT ABUTMENT OF THE BRIDGE ALSO FLOODS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM EST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET, OR 0.9 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 15.4 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
15.5 FEET ON 03/06/1964.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED FRI FRI SAT
CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 1PM 7PM 1AM STG
TIME DATE
SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER
SPRINGFIELD 15.0 14.1 FRI 8 AM 15.4 14.4 12.7
15.4 1PM FRI
LAT...LON 3907 7900 3915 7897 3942 7877 3953 7863
3951 7854 3936 7870 3905 7894
EST
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