Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV

140 
WGUS71 KRLX 292131
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
431 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

WVC001-007-013-017-021-033-041-083-085-097-010030-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEWIS WV-HARRISON WV-RANDOLPH WV-GILMER WV-DODDRIDGE WV-CALHOUN WV-
BRAXTON WV-BARBOUR WV-UPSHUR WV-RITCHIE WV-
431 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE...UPSHUR...BARBOUR...NORTHERN BRAXTON...EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL CALHOUN...SOUTHERN DODDRIDGE...GILMER...NORTHERN
RANDOLPH...SOUTHERN HARRISON AND LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 420 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW 
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR CREEK STATE 
PARK...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF GRANTSVILLE...ON SOUTHWESTWARD.  ALL 
THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH...AND WILL OVERSPREAD 
THE WARNED AREA LASTING A COUPLE OF HOURS.

THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREAMS OUT OF THERE BANKS AND ROADS 
FLOODED IN THE WARNED AREA.  A STRUCTURE ON HORNER ROAD IN 
LUMBERPORT IN HARRISON COUNTY WAS FLOODED.  THE NEW RAINFALL WILL 
CAUSE FURTHER RISES...AFFECTING MORE ROADS AND POSSIBLY MORE 
PROPERTY.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
GLENVILLE...STONEWALL JACKSON LAKE STATE PARK...WESTON...JACKSON
MILL...ROCK CAVE...BUCKHANNON...MILL CREEK...AUDRA STATE PARK...
DAILEY...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON AND ELKINS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3892 7938 3893 7945 3889 7946 3889 7951
      3884 7952 3879 7950 3874 7954 3871 8103
      3922 8100 3925 7984 3924 7981 3913 7983
      3908 7977 3904 7976 3898 7951 3896 7934

$$

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490 
WGUS71 KRLX 010030
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
730 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

WVC001-007-013-017-021-033-041-083-085-097-010037-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEWIS WV-HARRISON WV-RANDOLPH WV-GILMER WV-DODDRIDGE WV-CALHOUN WV-
BRAXTON WV-BARBOUR WV-UPSHUR WV-RITCHIE WV-
730 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
RITCHIE...UPSHUR...BARBOUR...NORTHERN BRAXTON...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL
CALHOUN...SOUTHERN DODDRIDGE...GILMER...NORTHERN RANDOLPH...SOUTHERN
HARRISON AND LEWIS COUNTIES...

THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED THIS EVENING...AS AREA 
SMALL CREEKS ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. HOWEVER STRONG RISES ARE 
EXPECTED ON THE BIGGER CREEKS AND RIVERS TONIGHT AND A FLOOD WARNING 
MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING FOR THOSE CREEKS AND RIVERS.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3892 7938 3893 7945 3889 7946 3889 7951
      3884 7952 3879 7950 3874 7954 3871 8103
      3922 8100 3925 7984 3924 7981 3913 7983
      3908 7977 3904 7976 3898 7951 3896 7934

$$

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481 
WGUS51 KRLX 262258
FFWRLX
WVC047-270030-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0001.120426T2258Z-120427T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
658 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WELCH...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE 
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH THE RAIN FROM THE EARLY MORNING 
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LED TO HIGH WATER IN SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PANTHER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE STREAM BANKS TO BECOME UNSTABLE.
UNSTABLE STREAM BANKS CAN FAIL OR BECOME SLIPPERY. PERSONS SHOULD
STAY AWAY FROM STREAM BANKS...SWIFT FLOWING WATER AND CULVERTS. STAY
AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY!

&&

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

LAT...LON 3742 8194 3744 8194 3746 8199 3748 8200
      3753 8189 3739 8133 3737 8133 3732 8136
      3730 8140 3727 8142 3727 8145 3724 8148
      3725 8150 3720 8156

$$

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245 
WGUS71 KRLX 262352
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
752 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

WVC047-270030-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120427T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL WV-
752 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
MCDOWELL COUNTY...

AT 747 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 
OVER THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WELCH AND
GARY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3742 8194 3744 8194 3746 8199 3748 8200
      3753 8189 3739 8133 3737 8133 3732 8136
      3730 8140 3727 8142 3727 8145 3724 8148
      3725 8150 3720 8156

$$

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553 
WGUS71 KRLX 270031
FFSRLX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
831 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

WVC047-270038-
/O.EXP.KRLX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120427T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDOWELL WV-
831 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT FOR MCDOWELL
COUNTY...

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF MCDOWELL COUNTY THIS 
EVENING...BUT THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS SHOULD BE OVER.

THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING...THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

OF COURSE...MANY LARGE STREAMS...AND THE HEADWATERS OF THE TUG 
FORK...WILL REMAIN SWOLLEN OVERNIGHT.  STAY AWAY FROM THEIR 
BANKS...THE GROUND COULD BE SLIPPERY OR UNSTABLE.

LAT...LON 3742 8194 3744 8194 3746 8199 3748 8200
      3753 8189 3739 8133 3737 8133 3732 8136
      3730 8140 3727 8142 3727 8145 3724 8148
      3725 8150 3720 8156

$$

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