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WGUS71 KPBZ 041531

FFSPBZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1128 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008



WVC049-042130-

/O.CON.KPBZ.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080604T2130Z/

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

MARION WV-

1128 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT WEDNESDAY

FOR MARION COUNTY...



AT 1123 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 

MOVING OVER MARION COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAINFALL WAS 

LOCATED NEAR GRANGEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

MONONGAH...FARMINGTON...BENTONS FERRY...BARRACKVILLE...FAIRMONT...

GRANT TOWN...RIVESVILLE AND WINFIELD



ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER MARION COUNTY 

DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS.  AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO INCH AND A HALF MAY 

BE EXPECTED WITH TODAYS RAINFALL.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN AT LATE MORNING WAS OCCURRING OVER THE GLADE FORK 

AND BINGAMON CREEK BASINS. 



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN

WEST VIRGINIA.



LAT...LON 3943 8029 3946 8045 3949 8048 3951 8047

      3952 8049 3962 8026 3961 8018 3961 8016

      3949 8000 3940 8024

TIME...MOT...LOC 1528Z 243DEG 48KT 3950 8028



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000 

WGUS71 KPBZ 041531

FFSPBZ



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1128 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008



WVC049-042130-

/O.CON.KPBZ.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080604T2130Z/

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

MARION WV-

1128 AM EDT WED JUN 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT WEDNESDAY

FOR MARION COUNTY...



AT 1123 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 

MOVING OVER MARION COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAINFALL WAS 

LOCATED NEAR GRANGEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

MONONGAH...FARMINGTON...BENTONS FERRY...BARRACKVILLE...FAIRMONT...

GRANT TOWN...RIVESVILLE AND WINFIELD



ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER MARION COUNTY 

DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS.  AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO INCH AND A HALF MAY 

BE EXPECTED WITH TODAYS RAINFALL.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN AT LATE MORNING WAS OCCURRING OVER THE GLADE FORK 

AND BINGAMON CREEK BASINS. 



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN

WEST VIRGINIA.



LAT...LON 3943 8029 3946 8045 3949 8048 3951 8047

      3952 8049 3962 8026 3961 8018 3961 8016

      3949 8000 3940 8024

TIME...MOT...LOC 1528Z 243DEG 48KT 3950 8028



$$



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