Flash Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
600 WGUS71 KLWX 180648 FFSLWX Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 248 AM EDT Sat May 18 2024 WVC057-181000- /O.CON.KLWX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-240518T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Mineral WV- 248 AM EDT Sat May 18 2024 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR CENTRAL MINERAL COUNTY... At 248 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated that heavy rain was falling across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1 inch in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain. 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... Keyser... Fort Ashby... Elk Garden... Kitzmiller... Mccoole... New Creek... Ridgeville... Reeses Mill... Headsville... Sulphur City... Emoryville... This includes the following Flood Prone Roads... Headsville Road along Staggs Run and Patterson Creek Road along Patterson Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 3944 7896 3946 7896 3947 7894 3948 7894 3949 7892 3953 7887 3952 7878 3946 7879 3939 7884 3934 7898 3933 7918 3939 7919 3940 7917 3941 7915 3941 7914 3942 7914 3943 7912 3946 7900 FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR $$ DHOF