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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1257 PM EDT FRI APR 4 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN MINGO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.
* AT 1257 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 UP TO 0.5 INCHES 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...
OCEANA, MAN, DELBARTON, MALLORY, AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE, R.D.
BAILEY LAKE, WHARTON, BALD KNOB, GILBERT CREEK, HINCH, HOLDEN, RED
JACKET, CHATTAROY, MATEWAN, GILBERT, PAX, AMHERSTDALE-ROBINE,
BRUNO, CYCLONE AND COAL MOUNTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
THE SATURATED GROUND HAS PRODUCED CONDITIONS RIPE FOR LANDSLIDES AND
DEBRIS FLOWS ON STEEP SLOPES AROUND THE AREA. RESIDENTS WITH HOMES
ON OR AT THE BASE OF HILLSIDES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR
LANDSLIDES AND WATCH FOR TREES LEANING IN UNUSUAL ORIENTATIONS,
WATER AND MUD SEEPAGE WHERE NOT EXPECTED, AND OTHER SIGNS OF
POTENTIAL GROUND MOVEMENT.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE, 800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3755 8197 3753 8201 3755 8204 3753 8205
3756 8208 3755 8213 3759 8213 3762 8218
3765 8217 3763 8222 3765 8223 3774 8233
3776 8231 3779 8208 3797 8152 3801 8150
3797 8144 3797 8138 3792 8121 3751 8192
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FMK
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