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EXPIRED1/28/2024 9:02:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: ModerateCertainty: Likely
1/28/2024 9:02:00 AM until 1/29/2024 7:36:00 PM
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.
this evening at 915 PM EST.
The National Weather Service in Baltimore MD/Washington DC has
issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in West Virginia...
Cacapon River near Great Cacapon affecting Morgan County.
For the Cacapon River...including Great Cacapon...Minor flooding is
forecast.
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Cacapon River near Great Cacapon.
* WHEN...From this evening to Monday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 9.0 feet, Rock Ford Road begins to flood in multiple
locations, including flowing completely over the low water bridge.
Constant Run Road and a small portion of Kilgore Road also begin
to flood.
At 11.0 feet, Kilgore Road is flooded in multiple spots.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:30 AM EST Sunday the stage was 3.3 feet, or 5.7 feet
below flood stage.
- Bankfull stage is 9.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
this evening to a crest of 10.3 feet just after midnight
tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early Monday
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
10.3 feet on 04/21/1940.
- Please visit www.weather.gov/safety/flood for flood safety
and preparedness information
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River Name Fld Observed Sun Sun Mon Crest
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1PM 7PM 1AM Stg Time Date
Cacapon River
Great Cacapo 9.0 3.3 Sun 8 am 6.1 9.4 10.3 10.3 1am Mon
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