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WGUS71 KPBZ 161403
FFSPBZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1003 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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TUCKER WV-
1003 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN TUCKER COUNTY...
AT 1003 AM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.8
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PARSONS, HENDRICKS, HAMBLETON, ELK, BLACKWATER FALLS, RED CREEK,
CANAAN VALLEY STATE PARK, DAVISVILLE, CORTLAND AND PHEASANT RUN.
ROADS WERE FLOODED AND IMPASSIBLE ALONG RIVER ROAD AND RT 72 JUST
SOUTHEAST OF HENDRICKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
LAT...LON 3918 7983 3907 7930 3905 7930 3904 7932
3903 7931 3900 7932 3897 7934 3898 7947
3897 7950 3904 7979 3904 7978 3906 7977
3909 7978 3913 7984
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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