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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

634 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009



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BUCHANAN VA-LOGAN WV-MCDOWELL WV-WYOMING WV-MINGO WV-

634 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHERN MINGO...WESTERN WYOMING...NORTHWESTERN MCDOWELL...SOUTHERN

LOGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTIES...



CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR...EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. 

FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN AND AROUND THE GILBERT 

AREA IN EASTERN MINGO COUNTY.



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

RED JACKET...GILBERT...OCEANA...MAN...MALLORY AND DELBARTON



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE 877-633-6772 WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.



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LAT...LON 3743 8211 3753 8197 3752 8203 3755 8213

      3759 8214 3763 8219 3762 8221 3765 8224

      3768 8231 3779 8202 3781 8172 3778 8158

      3776 8157 3776 8152 3752 8160 3732 8187



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