435 AM EDT Wed May 14 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO FRIDAY EVENING...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Potomac River at Point of Rocks.
* WHEN...From this evening to Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, The boat ramp and lower parking lot at
Point of Rocks are flooded. Water approaches the water treatment
plant in Brunswick. Farmland behind the Tarara Vineyard is flooded.
At 22.0 feet, Water begins to cover the C&O Canal towpath near
Point of Rocks and Brunswick.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 3:45 AM EDT Wednesday the stage was 4.3 feet, or 11.7 feet
below flood stage.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late this evening to a crest of 21.4 feet early tomorrow
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Friday
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
21.4 feet on 01/27/2010.