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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
512 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2022
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 512 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA CAUSING FLOODING OF ROADS IN FAYETTEVILLE. BETWEEN
1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
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...
FAYETTEVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
ROUTE 19 NEAR BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 21.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE, 800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3812 8112 3810 8107 3802 8106 3802 8113
3802 8123 3805 8124 3809 8118 3811 8116
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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