Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Charleston, WV

Issued

Aug 31, 2003, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)

Expired

Aug 31, 2003, 11:45 PM EDT

In force

118 min

Issued by

NWS Charleston, WV

Area

Whole counties

County Webster County, WV

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS51 KRLX 010156
FFWRLX
WVC101-010345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
947 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...

* HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF WEBSTER COUNTY...HOWEVER ANOTHER 
AREA OF SHOWERS WILL DRIFT OVER THE COUNTY THROUGH 1130 PM. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE FROM A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH. 
SEVERAL BRIDGES REMAIN CLOSED ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF THE RIGHT 
FORK OF THE HOLLY RIVER IN THE SUGAR CREEK...JUMBO AND LAUREL FORK 
AREAS. A STRONG RISE WILL BE NOTED ALONG THE RIGHT FORK OF THE HOLLY 
RIVER FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OF THIS EVENING.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE DIANA...JUMBO AND SUGAR 
CREEK.

--CALL TO ACTION-- BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER
TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH
FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE
FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER
BEGINS RISING.

--CALL TO ACTION-- DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW
YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

--CALL TO ACTION-- STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

$$

000 
WGUS71 KRLX 010346
FFSRLX
WVC101-010415-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1145 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEBSTER COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
   EXPIRE...

SMALLER STREAMS WERE RECEDING ACROSS WEBSTER COUNTY LATE THIS 
EVENING WITH WATER PROBLEMS SUBSIDING. LARGER STREAMS ARE NEAR 
CREST...WITH SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS AND ROADWAYS STILL UNDER WATER. 
THE WATERS WILL BEGIN RECEDING ALONG LARGER STREAMS...AND THEREFORE 
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS ROADWAYS 
COULD STILL BE UNDER WATER OR WASHED OUT. DEBRIS COULD ALSO REMAIN 
ON SOME ROADWAYS.

--CALL TO ACTION-- BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 
TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE 
YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE 
WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.