Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Charleston, WV

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
822 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. WEATHER RADAR AT 810 AM INDICATED AN AREA OF RAIN
WITH HEAVY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LEWIS AND UPSHUR
COUNTIES NORTH TO MARION AND MONONGALIA COUNTIES. THIS AREA IS PRODUCING
SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. AN AUTOMATED RAINGAGE IN LEWIS COUNTY HAS
RECORDED NEARLY 1.5 INCHES DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS. A GAGE IN NORTHWEST
UPSHUR COUNTY HAS RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER AN INCH (1.10) DURING
THE PAST HOUR.

THE AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING EAST AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS RANDOLPH, TUCKER
AND PRESTON COUNTIES BY 900 AM THIS MORNING. MINOR FLOODING TO LOW LYING
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE RAINS. MOTORISTS SHOULD
USE CAUTION AND WATCH FOR PONDING OR FLOWING WATER ON HIGHWAYS. SOME
SMALL STREAMS MAY EXPERIENCE SHARP RISES IN REGIONS OF HEAVIER SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION.

END / GILKERSON / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
900 PM EDT THU AUG 4 1994

RAIN WILL DIMINISH DURING THE DAY TODAY.

A COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS THIS MORNING.
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WERE GENEROUS.  AREAS
IN WEST VIRGINIA WITH THUNDERSTORMS RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES
OF RAIN SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  MANY ADJACENT AREAS IN WEST
VIRGINIA RECEIVED ABOUT A HALF INCH.  RAINFALLS IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA WERE LESS THAN A HALF AN INCH, SO FAR.

A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS LEFT BETWEEN 2 AND 2 1/2 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA FROM THE HUNTINGTON WV AREA NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE
WESTON WV AREA TO THE CANAAN VALLEY AREA.  MORE HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING
THROUGH THIS AREA THIS MORNING.

RAINFALLS ACROSS CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA ARE NOT SUFFICIENT, NOR ARE THEY
EXPECTED TO BECOME SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT WATER PROBLEMS.
HOWEVER, SOME SHALLOW PONDING ON A FEW ROADS AND SOME BRIEF, RAPID
RISES IN SMALL STREAMS ARE LIKELY IN THE AREA OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
FROM HUNTINGTON WV NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE CANAAN VALLEY AREA.

ANY SHALLOW PONDING ON ROADS SHOULD DIMINISH AND SMALL STREAM LEVELS
SHOULD FALL AS THE RAIN DIMINISHES IN INTENSITY LATE THIS MORNING.
CLOUDS AND A LITTLE LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE SHOULD LINGER THIS AFTERNOON.
SLOW CLEARING WILL FOLLOW FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKINS WV
957 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 1994

...MINOR FLOODING ACROSS LEWIS COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA...

WEATHER RADAR AT 945 AM INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVIER SHOWERS OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY WEST INTO LEWIS AND HARRISON
COUNTIES. SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN WESTON OF LEWIS
COUNTY. SMALL STREAMS IN THIS COUNTY ARE BANKFULL WITH MINOR OVERFLOW
ALONG SOME OF THE STREAMS. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE
PAST 3 HOURS ACROSS NORTHERN UPSHUR INTO WESTERN LEWIS COUNTY.

MINOR FLOODING TO LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THESE COUNTIES FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. SOME SMALL STREAMS MAY
OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS, BUT NO MAJOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THE HEAVIER RAINS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION BY 11 AM. PERSONS ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA SHOULD BE
ALERT TO PONDING OR FLOWING WATER ON HIGHWAYS, MINOR FLOODING IN LOW
LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, AND SHARP RISES ALONG SMALL STREAMS.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

END / GILKERSON / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

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