939
WGUS71 KRLX 152046
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
346 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2025
VAC027-051-152345-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUCHANAN VA-DICKENSON VA-
346 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST THIS
EVENING FOR BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON COUNTIES...
AT 346 PM EST, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLINTWOOD, GRUNDY, HAYSI, DAVENPORT, BREAKS INTERSTATE, JOHN
FLANNAGAN LAKE, BIG ROCK, TRAMMEL, CLINCHCO, VANSANT, ROSEANN,
OAKWOOD, STACY, NORA, MCCLURE AND HURLEY.
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 3747 8201 3734 8192 3730 8185 3729 8185
3725 8175 3720 8176 3717 8186 3713 8191
3712 8201 3705 8204 3704 8217 3700 8229
3696 8235 3702 8248 3713 8255 3714 8255
3716 8255 3720 8255 3727 8235 3753 8197
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JLB
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