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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

131 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



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HAMPSHIRE WV-

131 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT FOR

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY...



AT 127 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



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



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...

SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER...LITTLE CACAPON RIVER...SOUTH FORK LITTLE

CACAPON RIVER...BIG RUN...SULPHUR SPRING RUN...STUMP RUN...MCDOWELL

RUN...MILL RUN...TEAR COAT CREEK...SHAWAN RUN...CAMP RUN...BUFFALO

CREEK...CORE RUN...DUMPLING RUN AND MILL CREEK.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

THE PAST 3 HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO INCH 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



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LAT...LON 3932 7888 3933 7884 3939 7880 3937 7862

      3922 7868 3927 7891



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