Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Charleston, WV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE-ELKINS, WV
240 PM EDT MON JUL 24 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...

AT 235 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND VERY
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN POCAHONTAS
COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA NORTHWARD TO THE SOUTHWESTERN TIP OF GARRETT
COUNTY MARYLAND AND NEAR MOUNT STORM. LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT WAS
OBSERVED.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN AND
EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA..WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURDATED
IN MANY AREAS..SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL REACT RAPIDLY TO ANY
HEAVY RAINS. ALSO SINCE THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWN VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT
..HEAVY RAINS COULD REMAIN OVER SOME AREAS FOR A LONG DURATION.

PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS..
THIS AFTERNOON AND 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.

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