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WGUS81 KLWX 180159
FLSLWX
Flood Statement 
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 
959 PM EDT Thu May 17 2018

...The flood warning continues for the following rivers in West 
Virginia...
 
  South Branch Potomac River near Springfield affecting Hampshire and 
  Hardy 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. 
You can also find us on Facebook by searching U.S. National Weather 
Service Baltimore Washington.

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/SPRW2.1.ER.180519T0400Z.180520T0000Z.180520T1500Z.NO/
959 PM EDT Thu May 17 2018

...Flood Warning extended until Sunday afternoon...
The Flood Warning continues for
  The South Branch Potomac River near Springfield.
* From early Saturday morning until Sunday afternoon.
* At 9 PM Thursday the stage was 12.4 feet.
* Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast...Rise above flood stage by early Saturday morning and 
  crest near 17.8 feet by early Saturday evening. The river will fall
  below flood stage by late Sunday morning.
* Impact...At 17.0 feet...Water approaches camphouses downstream from
  the gage.
* Flood history...This crest compares to a previous crest of 18.6 feet
  on May 17 2014.  

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River        Flood    Observed     2AM  8AM  2PM  8PM        Crest
Location     Stage  Stg Day Time   Fri  Fri  Fri  Fri   Stg Day Time

South Branch Potomac River
Springfield   15.0 12.4 Thu 9 PM  14.1 14.6 14.0 14.2  17.8 Sat 8 PM 
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LAT...LON 3907 7900 3915 7897 3942 7877 3953 7863
      3951 7854 3936 7870 3905 7894   

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