Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Charleston, WV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE-ELKINS, WV
612 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING...

AT 605 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
POTOMAC HIGHLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA..OVER WESTERN MARYLAND AND OVER
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEYS OF VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT
WAS GENERALLY EAST AT 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH NORTHERN AND EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA..WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA THIS EVENING..
SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL IN AN NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

IF YOU LIVE ALONG OR NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK OR IN AN AREA
SUBJECT TO RAPID FLOODING..REMAIN ALERT TO WATER LEVELS IN YOUR
AREA. IF THE WATER BEGINS RISING..MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL TV OR RADIO
BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT AND
SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

END/FERRELL