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WGUS71 KPBZ 160039

FFSPBZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

833 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2007



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MONONGALIA WV-

833 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2007



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

MONONGALIA COUNTY...



AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WAS EXITING THE COUNTY.  HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM 

AN ESTIMATED INCH AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS.



BASINS WITH THE MAIN THREAT OF FLOODING INCLUDE JAKES RUN AND DAYS 

RUN NEAR MOORESVILLE...INDIAN CAMP RUN TO THE SOUTH OF 

BLACKSVILLE...AND AREAS IN AND IMMEDIATELY WEST OF MORGANTOWN.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3972 7977 3969 7977 3959 7982 3949 7991

      3946 7997 3962 8017 3962 8036 3966 8041

      3968 8039 3971 8041



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