Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Charleston, WV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
215 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1989

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING FROM NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY
THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY TO NORTHERN ROANE AND SOUTHERN WIRT COUNTIES.
THESE STORMS ARE  MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED
FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE STORMS CONTINUE THEIR NORTHEAST
MOVEMENT.

THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF CALHOUN AND RITCHIE COUNTIES
BY 330 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY RISING WATER ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS AND FOR WATER COVERING
ROADWAYS.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM IS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY AND SHOULD
BE MOVING INTO LINCOLN COUNTY BY 4 PM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING...CALL YOUR NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

DGH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE-ELKINS, WV
3 PM EDT WED JUL 06 1989

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN
MARYLAND. THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST
VIRGINIA...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOW MODERATE SHOWERS..AND SOME
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA EAST INTO
WESTERN MARYLAND AT 3 PM EDT. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AREA
MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST.

THESE SHOWERS INCREASE VERY QUICKLY IN INTENSITY..PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY LOCAL DOWNPOURS THEN DECREASING IN STRENGTH. DIRECTLY UNDER
THESE STORMS..THE RUNOFF MAY CAUSE SMALLER STREAMS AND RIVERS TO
RISE VERY RAPIDLY.

IF YOU LIVE NEAR..OR ARE CLOSE TO A SMALL STREAM OR RIVER..AND A
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORMS MOVES OVER OF UPSTREAM FROM YOU..KEEP A CLOSE
WATCH ON WATER LEVELS. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF YOU NOTICE A RAPID RISE
OF WATER LEVEL.

NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

PEOPLE IN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND  ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT
AND LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR lPOSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

END/HILL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
340 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1989

A THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY
PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH DURING THE LAST HOUR.
RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THIS STORM OF AROUND 1 1/2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
CAUSING SOME LOCAL URBAN FLOODING WITH SOME BRIEF LOCALLIZED
PROBLEMS IN LOW SPOTS OR ON CREEKS WHERE LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS
NORMALLY OCCUR.

ELSEWHERE RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN A LINE FROM CLARKSBURG TO CHARLESTON
THAN ACROSS TO THE OHIO/KENTUCKY BORDER.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS CAN BE EXPECTED
WHERE HEAVY RAIN IS OBSERVED.

END AAR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
445 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1989

...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR PUTNAM COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...

SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS AND PORTIONS OF 34 AND 35 IN THE WINFIELD
AREA WERE REPORTED TO HAVE WATER OVER THEM. THE THUNDERSTORM
THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED AND THE WATER
SHOULD BE RECEEDING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND DISSIPATE
ACROSS MUCH OF  WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY BUT
NONE CURRENTLY THREATEN THE AREA.

DGH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
515 PM EDT THU JUL 06 1989

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE TRI STATE AREA. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND
WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA IN THE PAST COUPLE DAYS HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND.
THE INTENSITY WILL DECREASE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
COVERS MOST OF THE TRI STATE REGION. THERE HAS BEEN WELL OVER ONE INCH OF
RAIN IN THE PASS HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING
WINDS. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND SMALL STEAMS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS
AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.

STAY TUNE TO NOAA1 WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

END/JBC