Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Charleston, WV

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY, WV
440 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1989

...HEAVY RAINFALL SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 430 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION WAS NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CHARLESTON TO BECKLEY TO
BLUEFIELD. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE BETWEEN OAK HILL AND
ANSTED IN FAYETTE COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF RAINELLE IN
GREENBRIER COUNTY...IN WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY...AND ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PRINCETON IN MERCER COUNTY.

ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT ONLY AROUND
10 MILES AN HOUR.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY
PERSIST FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND SOME MINOR URBAN FLOODING. IF YOU ARE
DRIVING...YOU ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO POOLING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.

IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY, WV
600 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1989

...HEAVY RAINFALL WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 545 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED SHOWERS
AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WIDELY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREAS OF PRECIPITATION WERE EAST OF A
LINE EXTENDING FROM CHARLESTON TO BECKLEY TO BLUEFIELD. HEAVY RAIN
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SHOWERS WAS OVER NEAR OAK HILL AND MOUNT HOPE
IN FAYETTE COUNTY AND NEAR CAMP CREEK IN MERCER COUNTY.

THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT ONLY AROUND 10 MILES
AN HOUR.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PERSIST
PERSIST FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVER
NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY HAS PERSISTED OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA FOR THE
LAST HOUR AND A HALF AND SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS IS LIKELY IN NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY. IF YOU ARE DRIVING...YOU
ARE URGED TO USE EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO POOLING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...PARTICULARLY IN NORTHERN MERCER
ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THIS SITUATION AND BE READY TO SEEK
SHELTER ON HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAKA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY, WV
600 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1989

...HEAVY RAINFALL WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 545 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED SHOWERS
AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WIDELY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREAS OF PRECIPITATION WERE EAST OF A
LINE EXTENDING FROM CHARLESTON TO BECKLEY TO BLUEFIELD. HEAVY RAIN
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SHOWERS WAS NEAR OAK HILL AND MOUNT HOPE IN
FAYETTE COUNTY AND NEAR CAMP CREEK IN MERCER COUNTY.

THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT ONLY AROUND 10 MILES
AN HOUR.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PERSIST
FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVER NORTHERN
MERCER COUNTY HAS PERSISTED OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA FOR THE LAST
HOUR AND A HALF AND SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS
IS LIKELY IN NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY. IF YOU ARE DRIVING...YOU ARE
URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO POOLING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...PARTICULARLY IN NORTHERN MERCER
COUNTY ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THIS SITUATION AND BE READY TO
SEEK SHELTER ON HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING
IS ISSUED.

IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

STAY TUNNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
6:30 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1989

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN OVER EASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY..WESTERN HALF OF RANDOLPH COUNTY..
SOUTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY...AND WESTERN AND SOUTHERN POCAHONTAS
COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.

THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WAS OVER SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY NEAR
VALLEY HEAD AND MONTERVILLE..AND IN SOUTH CENTRAL POCAHONTAS COUNTY
FROM MARLINTON SOUTH TO NEAR HILLSBORO.

THESE AREAS OF PRECIPITATION ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH
NORTH EAST. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT, THE AREAS OF MODERATE RAIN                WILL PWILL PRODUCE VERLY HEAVY LOCAL DOWNPOURS.

A REPORT OF 0.96 INCH OF RAINFALL WAS REPORTED BY MS. MARY TIMGLE AT
MONTROS IN NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY FOR ONE SUCH EVENT. SHE ALSO
REPORTEDPERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH THESE AREAS SHOULD
REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE HAIL IN AN NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS.

HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS
TO RISE QUICKLY OUT OF THEIR BANKS. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA OF POOR
DRAINAGE...BDRAINAGE...BE PREPARED TO MOVE jTO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IMMEDIATELY. MOTORIST SOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO STANDING OR FLOWING
WATER ON HIGHWAYS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY, WV
710 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1989

...HEAVY RAINFALL WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...

AT 700 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED SHOWERS
WIDELY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION WAS EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHARLESTON TO BECKLEY
TO BLUEFIELD. HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SHOWERS WAS OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF FAYETTE COUNTY MOSTLY SOUTHWEST OF OAK HILL...IN
NORTHERN GREENBRIER COUNTY JUST WEST OF NEOLA...ALONG THE SUMMERS...
RALEIGH COUNTY LINE EAST OF BECKLEY...AND IN MERCER COUNTY JUST EAST OF
BLUEFIELD. THE HEAVY SHOWER OVER NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY HAD WEAKENED
CONSIDERABLY DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES.

ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY NORTHWARD AT LESS
THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR.

DUE TO THE VERY SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
MAY PERSIST FOR AROUND AN HOUR OR SO IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. THIS WILL
CAUSE POOLING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS ALONG WITH FLOODING OF DITCHES AND
CULVERTS. SOME MINOR SMALL STREAM FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR.

UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN WAS REPORTED IN THE OAK HILL AREA
IN A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR EARLIER THIS EVENING AS ONE OF THESE SHOWERS
MOVED OVERHEAD. THIS CAUSED NUMEROUS FENDER-BENDERS AND FLOODING OF
MANY ROADWAYS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AS VISIBILITIES WILL BE SEVERELY REDUCED TO
NEAR ZERO IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND ROADWAYS MAY HAVE SOME POOLING OF WATER.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THIS
SITUATION AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER ON HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

IF FLOODING IS OBSERvVED...REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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