Rapidly Rising Rivers

Flooding is expected throughout the Potomac Watershed this weekend. The ground is saturated from snow melt, and rivers were already swollen, so we can expect the rivers to respond to falling rain almost immediately. Rainfall of up to 4.5 inches is predicted for this weekend.

The most comprehensive online river gauge information in Hampshire County comes from the Springfield gauge on the South Branch, and from the Moorefield gauge upstream in Hardy County. There is an online gauge on the Cacapon near the mouth at Great Cacapon (Morgan County), and way upstream in Hardy County on Waites Run (a tributary) near Wardensville. The Paw Paw gauge in adjacent Morgan County is the first gauge on the main stem of the Potomac River.

Look to the right for links to gauge information, or click on the current forecasts below (Springfield and Moorefield) for expanded information for the South Branch.