336  
WGUS71 KRLX 182300  
FFSRLX  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
700 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025  
 
WVC047-190045-  
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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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