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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
700 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025
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MCDOWELL WV-
700 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY...
AT 700 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING. BETWEEN 1.5 AND
2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
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...
DAVY, IAEGER, AVONDALE, PANTHER AND COALWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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 3737 8164 3737 8192 3749 8192 3750 8166
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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