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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
711 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN MINGO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT.
* AT 711 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
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...
MADISON, LOGAN, BLAINE, MARMET, CHAPMANVILLE, HARTS, GILL,
SPURLOCKVILLE, RANGER, CHIEF LOGAN STATE, MOUNT GAY-SHAMROCK,
HOLDEN, KIAHSVILLE, JULIAN, DUNLOW, ALUM CREEK, VAN, ULYSSES,
CHARLEY AND MARTHA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE, 800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3799 8295 3796 8299 3798 8302 3827 8181
3828 8161 3813 8148 3797 8152 3795 8156
3779 8208 3776 8233 3777 8232 3781 8240
3788 8242 3791 8246 3790 8247 3794 8250
3794 8249 3796 8253 3795 8258 3788 8261
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
30
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