Flood Warning

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
739 AM EST Tue Dec 18 2018

...The flood warning is cancelled for the following rivers in
Maryland...Virginia...

  Potomac River at Little Falls affecting Montgomery...Fairfax and
  Loudoun Counties

...The flood warning continues for the following rivers in
Maryland...Virginia...
  Potomac River at Edwards Ferry affecting Montgomery 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...
television or radio stations...or visit our website at weather.gov.
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Service Baltimore Washington.

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739 AM EST Tue Dec 18 2018

The Flood Warning continues for
  The Potomac River at Edwards Ferry.
* Until this evening.
* At 7 AM Tuesday the stage was 17.1 feet.
* Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
* Moderate flooding is occurring and Minor flooding is forecast.
* Recent activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at
  7 AM Tuesday was 17.9 feet.
* Forecast...The river will continue to fall to below flood stage by
  mid-afternoon today.
* Impact...At 17.0 feet...Floodwaters begin to enter the store at
  Whites Ferry.
* Flood history...This crest compares to a previous crest of 15.4 feet
  on Sep 27 2018.

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River        Flood    Observed     1PM  7PM  1AM  7AM        Crest
Location     Stage  Stg Day Time   Tue  Tue  Wed  Wed   Stg Day Time

Potomac River
Edwards Ferry 15.0 17.1 Tue 7 AM  15.6 14.1 13.3 12.7
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LAT...LON 3923 7744 3913 7745 3908 7730 3903 7736
      3905 7745 3911 7755 3920 7754

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