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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
718 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WYOMING COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EST.
* AT 718 PM EST, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BECKLEY, PINEVILLE, MULLENS, MABSCOTT, OCEANA, SOPHIA, TWIN FALLS
STATE PARK, CRAB ORCHARD, DRY CREEK, COAL CITY, MACARTHUR,
PROSPERITY, BRADLEY, BEAVER, BALD KNOB, STANAFORD, DANIELS, PINEY
VIEW, SHADY SPRING AND WHARTON.
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS IMMINENT IN THE OCEANA AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE, 800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3776 8090 3774 8092 3769 8088 3767 8090
3770 8091 3771 8098 3770 8097 3764 8107
3761 8106 3759 8109 3758 8120 3751 8121
3746 8131 3742 8128 3742 8131 3740 8133
3755 8167 3786 8180 3793 8181 3797 8147
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JLB
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