{"id":8758,"date":"2015-06-26T13:46:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T17:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=8758"},"modified":"2017-04-14T13:58:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T17:58:45","slug":"nrp-issues-upper-potomac-river-advisory-for-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/06\/26\/nrp-issues-upper-potomac-river-advisory-for-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"NRP Issues Upper Potomac River Advisory for Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Point-of-Rocks.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8759 \" src=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Point-of-Rocks.png\" alt=\"Point of Rocks\" width=\"505\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Point-of-Rocks.png 600w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Point-of-Rocks-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a>The Maryland Natural Resources Police is urging boaters and other recreational users to avoid the Upper Potomac River, including its creeks and streams, this weekend.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service is predicting heavy rains for the region that will lead to a dramatic rise in water levels. At Point of Rocks in Frederick County, forecasters believe the river will rise to 13 feet by Monday morning. Flood stage is 16 feet.<\/p>\n<p>High, rushing water carries debris that can easily destroy a boat or knock a swimmer or wading angler unconscious, NRP cautions. Even after storms have passed, the river and its tributaries will remain hazardous.<\/p>\n<p>This advisory is effective from midnight tonight through midnight Monday and will be updated at that time, if necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Natural Resources Police is urging boaters and other recreational users to avoid the Upper Potomac River, including its creeks and streams, this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,11,12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries","category-parks","category-nrp-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8758"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8761,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8758\/revisions\/8761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}