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WGUS71 KRLX 131544

FFSRLX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1037 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007



WVC017-033-073-085-095-131600-

/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071213T1600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-PLEASANTS WV-TYLER WV-RITCHIE WV-

1037 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST FOR

RITCHIE...TYLER...PLEASANTS...HARRISON AND DODDRIDGE COUNTIES...



AT 1033 AM EST...COUNTY OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS 

AND AN EVACUATION IN BRIDGPORT IN HARRISON COUNTY AND A WATER RESCUE 

IN ELLENBORO IN RITCHIE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ST. MARYS...

SISTERSVILLE...SHINNSTON...PADEN CITY...MIDDLEBOURNE...LUMBERPORT... 

ENTERPRISE...BELMONT...BRIDGEPORT...ELLENBORO AND PENNSBORO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



THE WARNINGS WILL BE EXTENDED TO 1PM THIS AFTERNOON. 



LAT...LON 3958 8090 3960 8085 3950 8074 3944 8055

      3947 8048 3942 8025 3923 8017 3910 8025

      3917 8059 3909 8071 3911 8081 3901 8107

      3905 8113 3904 8125 3916 8132 3927 8125

      3934 8137 3940 8122 3961 8094

TIME...MOT...LOC 1537Z 180DEG 0KT 3933 8074



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000 

WGUS71 KRLX 131544

FFSRLX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1037 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007



WVC017-033-073-085-095-131600-

/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071213T1600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-PLEASANTS WV-TYLER WV-RITCHIE WV-

1037 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST FOR

RITCHIE...TYLER...PLEASANTS...HARRISON AND DODDRIDGE COUNTIES...



AT 1033 AM EST...COUNTY OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS 

AND AN EVACUATION IN BRIDGPORT IN HARRISON COUNTY AND A WATER RESCUE 

IN ELLENBORO IN RITCHIE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ST. MARYS...

SISTERSVILLE...SHINNSTON...PADEN CITY...MIDDLEBOURNE...LUMBERPORT... 

ENTERPRISE...BELMONT...BRIDGEPORT...ELLENBORO AND PENNSBORO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



THE WARNINGS WILL BE EXTENDED TO 1PM THIS AFTERNOON. 



LAT...LON 3958 8090 3960 8085 3950 8074 3944 8055

      3947 8048 3942 8025 3923 8017 3910 8025

      3917 8059 3909 8071 3911 8081 3901 8107

      3905 8113 3904 8125 3916 8132 3927 8125

      3934 8137 3940 8122 3961 8094

TIME...MOT...LOC 1537Z 180DEG 0KT 3933 8074



$$



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