FLSLWX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
933 PM EDT WED MAY 18 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MARYLAND...WEST VIRGINIA...

  NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR CUMBERLAND AFFECTING ALLEGANY AND
  MINERAL COUNTIES
  GEORGES CREEK AT WESTERNPORT AFFECTING ALLEGANY COUNTY

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MARYLAND...WEST VIRGINIA...VIRGINIA...

  POTOMAC RIVER AT PAW PAW AFFECTING ALLEGANY AND MORGAN COUNTIES
  POTOMAC RIVER AT WILLIAMSPORT AFFECTING WASHINGTON AND BERKELEY
  COUNTIES
  POTOMAC RIVER AT POINT OF ROCKS AFFECTING FREDERICK AND LOUDOUN
  COUNTIES
  POTOMAC RIVER NEAR LITTLE FALLS AFFECTING MONTGOMERY AND FAIRFAX
  COUNTIES
  NORTH FORK SHENANDOAH NEAR STRASBURG AFFECTING SHENANDOAH COUNTY
  SHENANDOAH RIVER AT MILLVILLE AFFECTING CLARKE AND JEFFERSON
  COUNTIES
  OPEQUON CREEK NEAR MARTINSBURG AFFECTING BERKELEY AND JEFFERSON
  COUNTIES

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...VIRGINIA...
  SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR SPRINGFIELD AFFECTING HAMPSHIRE
  COUNTY
  POTOMAC RIVER AT HARPERS FERRY AFFECTING WASHINGTON...LOUDOUN 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...YOUR
LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET.

&&

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933 PM EDT WED MAY 18 2011

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
  THE POTOMAC RIVER AT PAW PAW.
* UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING.
* AT 8 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT
  8 PM WEDNESDAY WAS 27.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 27.7 FEET BY
  OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  MID-AFTERNOON TOMORROW.
* IMPACT...AT 26.0 FEET...WATER REACHES THE BRIDGE ON THE LEFT BANK
  WEST VIRGINIA SIDE.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 27.9 FEET
  ON SEP 20 2003.

&&


RIVER        FLOOD    OBSERVED     2AM  8AM  2PM  8PM        CREST
LOCATION     STAGE  STG DAY TIME   THU  THU  THU  THU   STG DAY TIME

POTOMAC RIVER
PAW PAW       25.0 27.5 WED 8 PM  27.7 25.8 25.0 24.3  27.7 THU 2 AM

$$