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WGUS61 KLWX 132007
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
407 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2025
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...
MARYLAND...
POTOMAC RIVER AT EDWARDS FERRY AFFECTING NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY,
WESTERN LOUDOUN AND EASTERN LOUDOUN ZONES.
FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER...INCLUDING PAW PAW, HANCOCK, SHEPHERDSTOWN,
HARPERS FERRY, POINT OF ROCKS, EDWARDS FERRY, LITTLE FALLS...
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING.
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WASHINGTON OR
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BALTIMORE.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE THIS EVENING.LATE TONIGHT AT
1215 AM EDT.
MDZ503-VAZ505-506-140415-
/O.EXT.KLWX.FL.A.0003.250515T0543Z-000000T0000Z/
/EDFM2.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
407 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2025
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...POTOMAC RIVER AT EDWARDS FERRY.
* WHEN...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, THE BASEMENTS OF THE EDWARDS FERRY
LOCKHOUSE AND RILEYS LOCKHOUSE ARE FLOODED. BACKWATER FLOODING MAY
AFFECT HOMES ON THE LOUDOUN COUNTY SIDE OF THE RIVER NEAR BROAD
RUN IN STERLING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 3:45 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.7 FEET, OR 9.3 FEET
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
RIVER NAME FLD OBSERVED TUE WED WED CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 8PM 2AM 8AM STG TIME DATE
POTOMAC RIVER
EDWARDS FERR 15.0 5.7 TUE 3 PM 6.1 6.3 7.0 20.4 8PM THU
LAT...LON 3923 7744 3913 7745 3908 7730 3903 7736
3905 7745 3911 7755 3920 7754
DHOF
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