Weather Alert
Mineral County, WV
Status: Alert Ended
Start: 5/13/25 4:09 PM
End: 5/13/25 11:10 PM
Dur: 07:01
Canceled 5/13/25 11:10 PM

Flood Warning issued May 13 at 4:09PM EDT until May 15 at 10:15AM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in West Virginia...Maryland...
North Branch Potomac River Near Cumberland affecting Mineral, Hampshire and Allegany Counties.
Potomac River at Paw Paw affecting Morgan, Hampshire and Allegany Counties.
Opequon Creek near Martinsburg affecting Berkeley and Jefferson Counties.
For the North Branch Potomac River...including Kitzmiller, Luke, Cumberland...Moderate flooding is forecast.
For the Potomac River...including Paw Paw, Hancock, Shepherdstown, Harpers Ferry, Point of Rocks, Edwards Ferry, Little Falls...
Moderate flooding is forecast.
For the Opequon Creek...including Martinsburg...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHAT...
Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...
North Branch Potomac River near Cumberland.

* WHEN...
From this evening to late Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...
At 22.0 feet, Water reaches a substation in Wiley Ford, West Virginia. Water also approaches an outbuilding in Wiley Ford, and portions of Kelly Road in Cumberland and Canal Road in North Branch.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 3:45 PM EDT Tuesday the stage was 10.2 feet, or 6.8 feet below flood stage.
- Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage late this evening to 22.5 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall to flood stage tomorrow evening. It will rise to 17.6 feet early Thursday morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Thursday morning.
- Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 22.6 feet on 09/07/1996.
- Please visit www.weather.gov/safety/flood for flood safety and preparedness information



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