Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Charleston, WV

WVZ005>007-KYZ100>107-119-OHZ081>088-080400

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
810 PM EST FRI JAN 7 1994

...MINOR OVERFLOW STILL CONTINUING ON MANY SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN
THE AREA...

WITH THE COLD AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION...THE RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SNOW
AND TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING.  BY MIDNIGHT THE RUNOFF INTO THE STREAMS
AND RIVERS WILL END.  THE WATER AND SNOW ACCUMULATING ON THE ROADS WILL
FREEZE CAUSING ICY CONDITIONS TO RETURN.

STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE
FALLING TOWARDS DAWN.  DO NOT TRY TO CROSS THROUGH WATER ON ROADS
ESPECIALLY NEAR SMALL STREAMS.  IF YOU MUST TRAVEL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
BE ALERT TO THE ICY PATCHES, ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS.

KEEP ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING ON STREAMS AND CREEKS AND STAYED TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS.

HATFIELD

WVZ024-025-033>037-042>045-080400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
823 PM EST FRI JAN 7 1994

...FLOOD WATCH FOR LOGAN AND MINGO COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

WEATHER RADAR SHOWED LIGHT RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST VIRGINIA EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT RAIN HAD
CHANGED TO SNOW OVER MINGO AND LOGAN COUNTIES...WHERE A FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AS COLD AIR CONTINUES TO INFILTRATE THE
AREA...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EVERYWHERE BY MIDNIGHT AND THE
FLOOD THREAT WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED.

NO MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BUT MANY REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING DUE TO STANDING WATER IN
ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. IN LOGAN COUNTY...
THE MUD FORK CREEK HAD OVERRUN ITS BANKS IN A LOW-LYING AREA NEAR MT.
GAY. THIS WAS NOT HINDERING TRAVEL ON RT. 44 AS EARLIER REPORTED AND
WAS AFFECTING ONLY A BACK ROAD. THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE DURING OR
AFTER PROLONGED RAINS. NO PROPERTY OR LIFE WAS THREATENED.

SEVERAL AREAS WITH HISTORIC DRAINAGE PROBLEMS HAVE EXPERIENCED STANDING
WATER...INCLUDING EISENHOWER DRIVE IN FRONT OF THE RALEIGH MALL AND
BYPASS PLAZA IN BECKLEY.

MOTORISTS TONIGHT SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE DELAYS. WHILE THE
THREAT OF FLOODING APPEARS TO HAVE PASSED...A FLOOD WATCH DOES REMAIN IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. PERSONS LIVING NEXT TO STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE
URGED TO CONTINUE MONITORING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE
SHOULD A WARNING BECOME NECESSARY.

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

END/BURRUS

WVZ024-025-033>037-042>045-080400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
823 PM EST FRI JAN 7 1994

...FLOOD WATCH FOR LOGAN AND MINGO COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

WEATHER RADAR SHOWED LIGHT RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST VIRGINIA EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT RAIN HAD
CHANGED TO SNOW OVER MINGO AND LOGAN COUNTIES...WHERE A FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AS COLD AIR CONTINUES TO INFILTRATE THE
AREA...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EVERYWHERE BY MIDNIGHT AND THE
FLOOD THREAT WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED.

NO MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BUT MANY REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING DUE TO STANDING WATER IN
ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. IN LOGAN COUNTY...
THE MUD FORK CREEK HAD OVERRUN ITS BANKS IN A LOW-LYING AREA NEAR MT.
GAY. THIS WAS NOT HINDERING TRAVEL ON RT. 44 AS EARLIER REPORTED AND
WAS AFFECTING ONLY A BACK ROAD. THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE DURING OR
AFTER PROLONGED RAINS. NO PROPERTY OR LIFE WAS THREATENED.

SEVERAL AREAS WITH HISTORIC DRAINAGE PROBLEMS HAVE EXPERIENCED STANDING
WATER...INCLUDING EISENHOWER DRIVE IN FRONT OF THE RALEIGH MALL AND
BYPASS PLAZA IN BECKLEY.

MOTORISTS TONIGHT SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE DELAYS. WHILE THE
THREAT OF FLOODING APPEARS TO HAVE PASSED...A FLOOD WATCH DOES REMAIN IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. PERSONS LIVING NEXT TO STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE
URGED TO CONTINUE MONITORING WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE
SHOULD A WARNING BECOME NECESSARY.

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

END/BURRUS

WVZ024-025-033>037-042>045-080500-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
1008 PM EST FRI JAN 7 1994

...FLOOD WATCH FOR LOGAN AND MINGO COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

COLD AIR HAS INFILTRATED MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA AND LIGHT RAIN HAS
CHANGED TO LIGHT SNOW IN ALL EXCEPT THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES OF
WEST VIRGINIA. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF
WESTERN...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA BUT THE FLOOD TRHEAT
APPEARS TO HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY WITH THE CHANGEOVER IN
PRECIPITATION.

SOME TROUBLE SPOTS REMAIN SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF WATER STANDING IN ROADWAYS IN
LOW-LYING AREAS. BOTH MINGO AND LOGAN COUNTY OFFICIALS SAID MANY ROADS
HAVE A LITTLE WATER STANDING IN THEM. TRAFFIC IS MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH
THESE AREAS AND NO PROPERTY OR LIVES ARE THREATENED. WITH SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES PUTTING A TEMPORARY END TO SNOW RUNOFF OFFICIALS EXPECTED
CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO NORMAL BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

TRAFFIC WAS BEING DETOURED AROUND THE RALEIGH MALL AND BYPASS PLAZA
OF EISENHOWER DRIVE IN BECKLEY DUE TO HIGH WATER RESULTING FROM POOR
DRAINAGE ALONG WHITESTICK CREEK.

THE NEXT WEATHER HAZARD FACING SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA COMES IN THE FORM
OF ICE. ROADS ARE WET FROM PERSISTENT RAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND AS
EXPOSED SURFACES GRADUALLY DROP BELOW FREEZING A SHEET OF INVISIBLE OR
"BLACK" ICE WILL FORM ON ROADS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SIDEWALKS.

LIGHT RAIN OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF WEST VIRGINIA WILL CHANGE TO ALL
SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE REGIONWIDE BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR THE MANY
HAZARDS WHICH EXIST TONIGHT: PONDED WATER IN ROADWAYS...SLICK ICY SPOTS
AND ACCUMNULATING SNOW ON ROAD SURFACES. PEDESTRIANS SHOULD WALK
CAREFULLY TO AVOID FALLING.

TEMPERATURES WILL SLIDE INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S REGIONWIDE BY
MIDNIGHT.

END/BURRUS

WVZ024-025-033>037-042>045-080500-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
1008 PM EST FRI JAN 7 1994

...FLOOD WATCH FOR LOGAN AND MINGO COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

COLD AIR HAS INFILTRATED MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA AND LIGHT RAIN HAS
CHANGED TO LIGHT SNOW IN ALL EXCEPT THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES OF
WEST VIRGINIA. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF
WESTERN...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA BUT THE FLOOD TRHEAT
APPEARS TO HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY WITH THE CHANGEOVER IN
PRECIPITATION.

SOME TROUBLE SPOTS REMAIN SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF WATER STANDING IN ROADWAYS IN
LOW-LYING AREAS. BOTH MINGO AND LOGAN COUNTY OFFICIALS SAID MANY ROADS
HAVE A LITTLE WATER STANDING IN THEM. TRAFFIC IS MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH
THESE AREAS AND NO PROPERTY OR LIVES ARE THREATENED. WITH SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES PUTTING A TEMPORARY END TO SNOW RUNOFF OFFICIALS EXPECTED
CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO NORMAL BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

TRAFFIC WAS BEING DETOURED AROUND THE RALEIGH MALL AND BYPASS PLAZA
OF EISENHOWER DRIVE IN BECKLEY DUE TO HIGH WATER RESULTING FROM POOR
DRAINAGE ALONG WHITESTICK CREEK.

THE NEXT WEATHER HAZARD FACING SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA COMES IN THE FORM
OF ICE. ROADS ARE WET FROM PERSISTENT RAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND AS
EXPOSED SURFACES GRADUALLY DROP BELOW FREEZING A SHEET OF INVISIBLE OR
"BLACK" ICE WILL FORM ON ROADS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SIDEWALKS.

LIGHT RAIN OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF WEST VIRGINIA WILL CHANGE TO ALL
SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE REGIONWIDE BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR THE MANY
HAZARDS WHICH EXIST TONIGHT: PONDED WATER IN ROADWAYS...SLICK ICY SPOTS
AND ACCUMNULATING SNOW ON ROAD SURFACES. PEDESTRIANS SHOULD WALK
CAREFULLY TO AVOID FALLING.

TEMPERATURES WILL SLIDE INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S REGIONWIDE BY
MIDNIGHT.

END/BURRUS

WVZ024-025-033>037-042>045-080500-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV
1008 PM EST FRI JAN 7 1994

...FLOOD WATCH FOR LOGAN AND MINGO COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

COLD AIR HAS INFILTRATED MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA AND LIGHT RAIN HAS
CHANGED TO LIGHT SNOW IN ALL EXCEPT THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES OF
WEST VIRGINIA. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MOST OF
WESTERN...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA BUT THE FLOOD TRHEAT
APPEARS TO HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY WITH THE CHANGEOVER IN
PRECIPITATION.

SOME TROUBLE SPOTS REMAIN SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF WATER STANDING IN ROADWAYS IN
LOW-LYING AREAS. BOTH MINGO AND LOGAN COUNTY OFFICIALS SAID MANY ROADS
HAVE A LITTLE WATER STANDING IN THEM. TRAFFIC IS MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH
THESE AREAS AND NO PROPERTY OR LIVES ARE THREATENED. WITH SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES PUTTING A TEMPORARY END TO SNOW RUNOFF OFFICIALS EXPECTED
CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO NORMAL BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

OFFICIALS IN WYOMING COUNTY REPORTED WATER FROM CABIN CREEK OVER THE
BRIDGE ON CABIN CREEK RIDGE ROAD WHERE IT INTERSECTS THE PROPERTY OF
TWIN FALLS STATE PARK...AS WELL WATER STANDING ON U.S. 52 NEAR HANOVER.

TRAFFIC WAS BEING DETOURED AROUND THE RALEIGH MALL AND BYPASS PLAZA
OF EISENHOWER DRIVE IN BECKLEY DUE TO HIGH WATER RESULTING FROM POOR
DRAINAGE ALONG WHITESTICK CREEK.

THE NEXT WEATHER HAZARD FACING SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA COMES IN THE FORM
OF ICE. ROADS ARE WET FROM PERSISTENT RAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND AS
EXPOSED SURFACES GRADUALLY DROP BELOW FREEZING A SHEET OF INVISIBLE OR
"BLACK" ICE WILL FORM ON ROADS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SIDEWALKS.

LIGHT RAIN OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF WEST VIRGINIA WILL CHANGE TO ALL
SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE REGIONWIDE BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR THE MANY
HAZARDS WHICH EXIST TONIGHT: PONDED WATER IN ROADWAYS...SLICK ICY SPOTS
AND ACCUMNULATING SNOW ON ROAD SURFACES. PEDESTRIANS SHOULD WALK
CAREFULLY TO AVOID FALLING.

TEMPERATURES WILL SLIDE INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWfER 30S REGIONWIDE BY
MIDNIGHT.

...CORRECTED TO ADD WYOMING COUNTY INFORMATION...

END/BURRUS