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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
303 AM EDT SAT APR 20 2019
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA...
OPEQUON CREEK NEAR MARTINSBURG AFFECTING BERKELEY AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROADWAY...THIS IS HOW MOST
FLOOD DEATHS RESULT.
STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...
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303 AM EDT SAT APR 20 2019
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE OPEQUON CREEK NEAR MARTINSBURG.
* FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
* AT 2 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET AND RISING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS MORNING AND CREST NEAR
10.4 FEET THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
LATE THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO COVER DOUGLAS GROVE
ROAD (COUNTY ROAD 9/16) EAST OF MARTINSBURG. A PORTION OF BOWERS
ROAD IS ALSO FLOODED. LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE CREEK BEGIN TO
FLOOD. WATER ALSO BEGINS TO COVER THE STREAM ACCESS POINT AT THE
VAN METRE FORD PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.2 FEET
ON MAY 6 2017.
RIVER FLOOD OBSERVED 2PM 8PM 2AM 8AM CREST
LOCATION STAGE STG DAY TIME SAT SAT SUN SUN STG DAY TIME
OPEQUON CREEK
MARTINSBURG 10.0 8.8 SAT 2 AM 8.6 6.7 5.8 5.2 10.4 SAT 7 AM
LAT...LON 3929 7807 3932 7804 3943 7799 3955 7792
3951 7786 3938 7792 3924 7800
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