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

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

  SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR SPRINGFIELD AFFECTING HAMPSHIRE
  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 HARPERS FERRY AFFECTING WASHINGTON...LOUDOUN AND
  JEFFERSON COUNTIES
  POTOMAC RIVER AT POINT OF ROCKS AFFECTING FREDERICK AND LOUDOUN
  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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816 AM EDT WED MAY 18 2011

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR SPRINGFIELD.
* UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.
* AT 7 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT
  7 AM WEDNESDAY WAS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.0 FEET BY
  MID-AFTERNOON TODAY. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 17.0 FEET...HOMES AND CAMPS DOWNSTREAM FROM THE GAGE
  START TO FLOOD.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 15.4 FEET
  ON APR 29 2011.

&&

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

SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER
SPRINGFIELD   15.0 15.0 WED 7 AM  16.0 15.4 14.9 14.3  16.0 WED 2 PM

$$