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Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
553 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024

WVC049-103-062230-
/O.CON.KPBZ.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-240506T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Marion WV-Wetzel WV-
553 PM EDT Mon May 6 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN MARION AND CENTRAL WETZEL COUNTIES...

At 553 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
that 1 to 2 inches of rain fell in earlier storms. Flooding impacts
will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. As water from
smaller creeks makes its way into larger creeks and streams, flash
flood threat will subside through 630 pm.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
         drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Mannington, Pine Grove, Jacksonburg, Farmington, Smithfield,
  Curtisville, Folsom, Big Run, Grangeville, Metz, Rachel, Carolina,
  Idamay and Reader.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3944 8060 3947 8065 3956 8074 3962 8068
      3963 8052 3957 8027 3948 8023 3945 8040
      3947 8049 3946 8049 3946 8051 3943 8052
      3943 8058 3945 8058

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

$$

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