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WGUS71 KRLX 131754

FFSRLX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1253 PM EST THU DEC 13 2007



WVC041-131800-

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LEWIS WV-

1253 PM EST THU DEC 13 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR LEWIS

COUNTY...



AT 1251 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE AREA. 

LIGHT SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND SHOULD 

END BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 



EVEN THOUGH THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...ONGOING FLOODING 

PROBLEMS WILL PERSIST UNTIL THE STREAMS RECEDE THIS AFTERNOON. A 

FLOOD ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 3PM THIS AFTERNOON.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTON...

STONEWALL JACKSON LAKE STATE PARK AND JACKSON MILL



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. WHEN ENCOUNTERING 

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



LAT...LON 3910 8030 3899 8034 3896 8031 3886 8039

      3872 8041 3874 8046 3877 8045 3880 8049

      3883 8048 3886 8059 3903 8073 3909 8073

      3917 8059

TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 180DEG 0KT 3898 8051



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