Ijamsville, MD Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.

* WHERE...Potomac River at Point of Rocks.

* WHEN...Until tomorrow evening.

* IMPACTS...At 23.0 feet, Floodwaters completely cover the comfort
station at the Brunswick boat ramp, and reach the comfort station
at the Point of Rocks boat ramp. The upper parking lot at the
Point of Rocks boat ramp begins to flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:30 PM EDT Thursday the stage was 22.7 feet, or 6.7 feet
above flood stage.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 9:30 PM EDT Thursday was 23.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
early tomorrow afternoon and continue falling to 9.6 feet
Sunday evening.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
22.5 feet on 03/08/1967.
- Please visit www.weather.gov/safety/flood for flood safety
and preparedness information

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River Name      Fld      Observed    Fri   Fri   Fri     Crest
Location        Stg   Stg  Day/Time  2AM   8AM   2PM   Stg Time Date

Potomac River
Point of Rocks  16.0  22.7 Thu 9 pm  21.0  17.9  15.7   MSG  unknown

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