Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Charleston, WV

SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
920 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1989

AT 915 PM THIS EVENING RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
WEATHER RADAR SHOWED LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION OVER MOST OF
SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH.

SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN BOTH LOGAN
AND MINGO COUNTIES. ALSO SOME ROADS WERE BLOCKED DUE TO MUD SLIDES.

MOTORISTX SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND NOT
DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. IF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS
OBSERVED YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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

END/CDB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
950 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1989

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS BROUGHT SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN MANY
LOCATIONS OVER THE AREA OUT OF THEIR BANKS.. CREATING HIGH WATER
PROBLEMS FOR SOME RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS NEAR THESE STREAM LOCATIONS.
THE HIGH WATERS HAVE CAUSED ROADWAYS TO BECOME IMPASSABLE AND REACH
THREATENING LEVELS FOR SOME HOMEOWNERS.

RAINFALL FOR THE PAST 12 HOURS ENDING AT 800PM HAD AMOUNTS RANGING FROM
/0.25/ INCHES TO OVER TWO AND ONE-HALF INCHES AT WILLIAMSON.../2.60/
INCHES.  A FEW OTHER REPORTED AMOUNTS FROM AROUND THE STATE...MONONGALIA
COUNTY HAS AROUND AN INCH FOR THE 12 HOUR PERIOD...TUCKER COUNTY HAD
0.84 INCHES...AT THE YEAGER AIRPORT 2.05 INCHES WERE MEASURED...AND SOME
COMMUNITIES IN WEBSTER COUNTY HAD OVER 1.75 INCHES. BUT MOST LOCATIONS
SAW AMOUNTS FROM ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH DURING THE 12 HOUR PERIOD.

THE RAIN HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT PUSHED INTO WEST
VIRGINIA AND BECAME NEAR STATIONARY OVER THE STATE YESTERDAY.  OTHER LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT BROUGHT IN MORE
MOISTURE TO KEEP RAIN OVER THE AREA... CREATING THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED.

AT 930 PM THIS EVENING...RADAR SHOWED RAIN CONTINUING TO DIMINISH OVER
THE OVER WEST VIRGINIA.  THE RAIN HAD ALL BUT ENDED OVER SOUTHEASTERN
KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA... AND THE AREA CONTINUES TO SHRINK
OVER THE MOUNTAIN STATE.  LIGHT RAIN WAS SHOWN FROM MARSHALL COUNTY
SOUTHWEST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER TO NEAR HUNTINGTON...INTO WYOMING COUNTY
TO NEAR LEWISBURG... THEN NORTHEASTWARD TO PENDLETON AND GRANT COUNTIES.

WHILE THE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS... THERE IS STILL MORE RAIN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE
STORM SYSTEM WEST OF THE STATE HAS YET TO PASS THROUGH.

END/BDG

SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
1125 PM EDT THU JUN 15 1989

AT 1120 PM THIS EVENING ONLY A FEW PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING
OVER SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKE IN LOGAN AND
MINGO COUNTIES THAT HAVE BEEN OVERFLOWING SHOULD BE RETURNING TO
WITHIN THEIR BANKS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

MOTORIST SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND NOT DRIVE
THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

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

END/CDB