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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
248 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
MCDOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
MINGO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EST.
* AT 248 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.25 TO 0.75 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. AREAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FLASH
FLOODING SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
WELCH, LOGAN, CHAPMANVILLE, GARY, WAR, MAN, DELBARTON, NORTHFORK,
GILBERT CREEK, R.D. BAILEY LAKE, HANOVER, HINCH, MALLORY,
AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE, RED JACKET, HOLDEN, MOUNT GAY-SHAMROCK,
CHIEF LOGAN STATE, CHATTAROY AND GILBERT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
THE SATURATED GROUND HAS PRODUCED CONDITIONS RIPE FOR LANDSLIDES AND
DEBRIS FLOWS ON STEEP SLOPES AROUND THE AREA. RESIDENTS WITH HOMES
ON OR AT THE BASE OF HILLSIDES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR
LANDSLIDES AND WATCH FOR TREES LEANING IN UNUSUAL ORIENTATIONS,
WATER AND MUD SEEPAGE WHERE NOT EXPECTED AND OTHER SIGNS OF
POTENTIAL GROUND MOVEMENT.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE, 800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3800 8198 3797 8199 3793 8179 3786 8179
3756 8166 3741 8132 3727 8142 3721 8155
3720 8166 3725 8180 3734 8193 3749 8203
3754 8197 3755 8213 3765 8217 3765 8218
3763 8219 3785 8242
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.25-0.75 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
JRM
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