MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — UPDATE: The following roads have been reopened:
– Calvary Hill Road
– Lodge Road
– Arden Nollville Road
More than six inches of precipitation was recorded at Shepherd Field in Martinsburg from about 2:00 in the morning Thursday through Friday morning.
The Potomac River in Shepherdstown is forecasted to crest at 8pm on Saturday evening according to the National Weather Service. This is in minor flood stage.
The Opequon Creek is forecasted to crest at 2 a.m. Saturday morning. This is in moderate flood stage.
There was a mudslide west of Berkeley Springs and a woman lost her life in Shannondale when a tree was uprooted and fell into her home.
As of Friday morning, across the Panhandle there were at least two dozen roadways that had been closed due to high water across the roadway.
Golf Course Road at the Van Metre Ford Stone Bridge over the Opequon is closed due to high water. Other roads in Berkeley County that were closed due to high water include
Mount Olive
Shiley
Baxter
Allensville Rd.
Arden Nollville
Tuscarora Pk at Sabrina Ln.
Calvary Hill Rd.
Back Creek Valley Rd at Townsend
The 600 block of Cheshire Rd.
The 500 block of Henshaw Rd.
The 2000 block of Douglas Grove Rd.
In the afternoon, Alert Berkeley added the 2500 block Swinging Bridge Road to Tuscarora Pike and the 500 block of Lodge Road to the list of closures.
In Morgan County, Emergency services announced the following roads were closed:
600 block of Highland Ridge Rd and Virginia Line Rd at Winchester Grade Rd
Peer Lane and Martinsburg Rd
Cacapon Road and Woodmont Rd
200 block of Rock Gap Rd
Ward Dawson Bridge and Timber Ridge Rd
Whisner Ave near S Washington Street
In Jefferson County, Director of Jefferson County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Steve Allen reminded motorists to use caution on Bower Road, and Bloomery Road along the Shenandoah River as well as River Road in Shepherdstown.
As always, motorists who encounter standing water on the roadways are encouraged to “Turn around, don’t drown.”
Power was knocked out to thousands of residents in Shannondale during the height of the storm. As of mid-morning Friday, there were still about 167 unique outages in the Eastern Panhandle