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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
201 PM EST THU FEB 6 2025
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GRANT WV-HARDY WV-PENDLETON WV-
201 PM EST THU FEB 6 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, GRANT, HARDY AND PENDLETON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 545 PM EST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 200 PM EST, EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED STREAMS AND RIVERS
OUR OF THEIR BANKS WITH MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PETERSBURG... FRANKLIN...
ROUGH RUN... BRANDYWINE...
UPPER TRACT... DEER RUN...
RUDDLE... OAK FLAT...
BRUSHY RUN... LANDES...
MILAM... SUGAR GROVE...
MOYERS... MASONVILLE...
DORCAS... BRAKE...
CABINS... HARPER...
WELTON... SEYMOURVILLE...
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
LAT...LON 3908 7911 3903 7907 3891 7903 3872 7909
3857 7917 3851 7921 3841 7932 3846 7948
3853 7952 3888 7934 3907 7920
GEIGER
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