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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

921 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006



WVC027-260300-

HAMPSHIRE WV-

921 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY...



AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE DRIFTED SOUTHEAST OF THE WARNED AREA. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF 

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY WILL MOVE EAST...SOME OF WHICH WILL AFFECT THE SAME 

AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 

ONE TO TWO INCHES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE BLOOMERY AND PROPERTY 

ADJACENT TO THE CACAPON RIVER AND BLOOMERY RUN. 

 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3931 7847 3925 7839 3945 7835 3948 7845



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