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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1131 AM EDT FRI MAY 30 2025
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BOYD KY-CARTER KY-GREENUP KY-LAWRENCE OH-
1131 AM EDT FRI MAY 30 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL BOYD, CARTER, SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP AND
SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES...
AT 1131 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN THE WARNED AREA. STAN BRANCH
AROUND GRAYSON WITH OTHER AREA ROADWAYS ARE ALREADY SEEING FLOODING.
BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED
RAINFALL RATE IS 0.25 TO 0.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
ASHLAND, IRONTON, GRAYSON, COAL GROVE, OLIVE HILL, CANNONSBURG,
GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, CARTER CAVES STATE PARK, LAKE VESUVIUS,
KENOVA, CATLETTSBURG, GREENUP, OLDTOWN, GREENBO LAKE, COALTON,
DENTON, NAPLES, RUSH, PRINCESS AND GESLING.
ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING IN THE
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS.
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 3857 8282 3860 8274 3861 8275 3864 8264
3843 8254 3841 8258 3842 8259 3840 8260
3827 8283 3819 8300 3820 8304 3818 8305
3822 8308 3827 8316 3824 8322 3819 8323
3819 8326 3821 8330 3829 8333 3858 8285
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.25-0.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
JRM
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