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EXPIRED1/28/2024 8:51:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ExpectedSeverity: ModerateCertainty: Likely
1/28/2024 8:51:00 AM until 1/29/2024 5:24:00 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.
The next statement will be issued this evening at 900 PM EST.
The National Weather Service in Baltimore MD/Washington DC has
issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in West Virginia...
Opequon Creek near Martinsburg affecting Berkeley and Jefferson
Counties.
For the Opequon Creek...including Martinsburg...Minor flooding is
forecast.
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Opequon Creek near Martinsburg.
* WHEN...From this afternoon to tomorrow afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 12.5 feet, The creek is well out of its banks with
lowlands nearby flooded. Golf Course Road /County Road 36/ is
flooded near the Van Metre Ford Pedestrian Bridge. Fields and
backyards near the creek are flooded and some residents may need
to move items to higher ground. Several other roads are flooded,
including Grapevine Road, Douglas Grove Road, and Paynes Ford
Road. Backwater flooding is occurring on small tributaries,
including Tuscarora Creek.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:30 AM EST Sunday the stage was 3.7 feet, or 6.3 feet
below flood stage.
- Bankfull stage is 9.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
this afternoon to a crest of 12.3 feet just after midnight
tonight. It will then fall below flood stage late Monday
morning.
- Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
12.2 feet on 02/14/1971.
- 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
Opequon Creek
Martinsburg 10.0 3.7 Sun 7 am 9.2 11.8 12.3 12.3 1am Mon
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