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WGUS51 KRLX 250237
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OHC167-WVC073-095-250545-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1037 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN TYLER COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.
* AT 1037 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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...
MIDDLEBOURNE, PADEN CITY, SISTERSVILLE, MATAMORAS, FRIENDLY, WICK,
NEW MATAMORAS, ARVILLA AND POINT LOOKOUT.
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.
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 3957 8104 3954 8104 3961 8094 3958 8089
3960 8085 3959 8085 3958 8083 3957 8083
3956 8082 3956 8081 3955 8078 3954 8078
3953 8077 3945 8083 3941 8094 3938 8111
3943 8116 3958 8114
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
GW
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