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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
218 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2025
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WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND
NORTHWESTERN PRESTON-PRESTON-EASTERN PRESTON-WESTERN TUCKER-
EASTERN TUCKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TERRA ALTA, PARSONS, SAINT GEORGE,
FAIRMONT, CANAAN VALLEY, NEW MARTINSVILLE, COOPERS ROCK,
MORGANTOWN, BRUCETON MILLS, HAZELTON, HENDRICKS, DAVIS,
ROWLESBURG, KINGWOOD, AND THOMAS
218 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, EASTERN PRESTON, EASTERN TUCKER, MARION,
MONONGALIA, PRESTON, RIDGES OF EASTERN MONONGALIA AND NORTHWESTERN
PRESTON, WESTERN TUCKER AND WETZEL.
* WHEN...FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD EXCEED 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR FROM
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING,
ESPECIALLY ON PREVIOUSLY SATURATED GROUNDS. THERE IS
POTENTIAL FOR REPEATED ROUNDS OF THESE HEAVY RAINS OVER A
GIVEN LOCATION THAT MAY ENHANCE THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
FRAZIER
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