Weather Alert
Jefferson County, WV
Status: Alert Ended
Start: 3/1/21 10:15 AM
End: 3/1/21 8:47 PM
Dur: 10:32
Canceled 3/1/21 8:47 PM

Flood Warning issued March 1 at 10:15AM EST until March 3 at 7:00AM EST by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
The Flood Warning continues for the Potomac River at Shepherdstown.

* From this evening to Wednesday morning.

* At 9:30 AM EST Monday the stage was 11.6 feet, or 3.4 feet below flood stage.

* Flood stage is 15.0 feet.

* Minor flooding is forecast.

* Forecast...
The river is expected to rise above flood stage this evening to a crest of 17.8 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Wednesday morning.

* Impact...
At 16.0 feet, Water goes over the banks of the Potomac near the mouth of the Opequon River.

* Flood History...
This crest compares to a previous crest of 17.8 feet on 03/12/1952.



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