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TRI-STATE — High water closed roads across the Tri-State area Saturday as officials braced for more flooding in low-lying areas.

As of Saturday afternoon, moderate flooding was forecast for the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, W.Va., and severe flooding was forecast at Point of Rocks, Md., according to the National Weather Service.

Some assets of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in the Lower Town district were relocated due to the threat of flooding, Harpers Ferry Police Department Chief Donald Buracker said. The Lower Town, which includes the popular viewshed where the Shenandoah River flows into the Potomac, was closed Saturday, but Buracker said the high water became a sight-seeing attraction.

The Potomac River at Harpers Ferry was expected to crest at 21.5 feet, which Buracker confirmed would move floodwaters into Shenandoah Street near the shuttle bus pavilion.

Upstream from Harpers Ferry, the Potomac was expected to crest near 24.7 feet at Williamsport by early this afternoon, according to the weather service.

Given the flood stage there is 23 feet, Potomac Fish and Game Club members relocated equipment and trailers at the end of Falling Waters Road to higher ground, club Vice President Terry Toms III said.

“Right now, everybody’s OK,” Toms said Saturday afternoon.

At Point of Rocks, the Potomac breached the 16-foot flood stage by 3:45 p.m., and was projected to crest at more than 25 feet by early Monday, according to the weather service.

Kevin Brandt, superintendent of C&O Canal National Historical Park, declared a flood emergency Friday for the entire length of the canal. The park is advising visitors to exercise caution and avoid areas of high water and to view the flooding from a safe distance.

Elsewhere, flood warnings were in effect for Concocheague Creek at Fairview, Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg and the Monocacy River near Frederick, Md. A flood warning for Franklin and Fulton counties in Pennsylvania also remains in effect, according to the weather service.

Low-level flooding was reported in several areas along Md. 66 off Interstate 70 going toward Smithsburg, according to an eyewitness. Water appeared to be on the verge of cresting the road at the roundabout intersection with Mount Aetna Road.

In Berkeley County, two people were rescued Saturday night from their vehicle after it became stranded in high water at the intersection of Blairton and Golf Course roads, according to a Berkeley County 911 center supervisor.

The Independent Fire Co. in Ranson, W.Va., provided a boat for the rescue, which took about an hour to complete after it was reported at 6:56 p.m.

Opequon Creek near Martinsburg, W.Va., spilled over its banks on Friday and was expected to crest nearly 3 feet over flood stage by Saturday night.

As of Saturday at 7 p.m., roads that were closed in Washington County were Battletown, Welty Church and Rowe roads, as well as Leiters Mill Road at the bridge, according to a 911 center supervisor.

Other roads that were flooded in the county were Md. 64 at the intersection with Welty Church Road, the intersection of Old Forge and Clopper roads, Roxbury Road at Alternate U.S. 40, Mount Aetna Road just west of Md. 66, and Trovinger Mill Road from the railroad to Hopscotch Lane, a Washington County 911 center supervisor said Saturday at 9:45 p.m.

As of Saturday at 6:30 p.m., roads that were closed in Franklin County, Pa., were Coldspring Road between East Main Street and Newman Road, Gehr Road at Country Club and Kipe roads, the 11000 block of Country Club Road, the 8500 block of Lyons Road, and Iron Bridges and Welty roads in Washington Township; and Mount Pleasant Road at Main Street and Brookes Road in Greene Township, according to the county’s department of emergency services.

In Berkeley County, W.Va., Henshaw, McCubbins Hollow, Allensville, Baxter, Golf Course, Douglas Grove and Grapevine roads were closed, Stephen S. Allen, director of the Berkeley County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, reported Saturday afternoon.

In Jefferson County, W.Va., John Rissler, Bloomery, Dutch Hill and River roads were closed, according to a public information officer with the county’s emergency operations center.

Jefferson County, W.Va., activated its emergency operations center at 1 p.m. to handle any emergency calls for residents in need of shelter and other storm-related problems.

The hot line number for the emergency operations center is 304-728-6345.