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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
809 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2025
..FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE TUG FORK NEAR WELCH
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EST.
* AT 809 PM EST, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE TUG FORK NEAR WELCH. THIS
IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...GAUGES REPORTED.
IMPACT...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF
LOW WATER CROSSINGS, SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WELCH, GARY, DAVY, KEYSTONE, KIMBALL, COALWOOD AND ELBERT.
THE TUG FORK IS RAPIDLY RISING AT A RATE OF 2 TO 4 FEET PER HOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
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 3750 8174 3750 8173 3750 8172 3750 8171
3750 8170 3750 8169 3743 8144 3730 8152
3743 8182
FLASH FLOOD...GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
JLB
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