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WGUS71 KLWX 180648
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Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
248 AM EDT Sat May 18 2024

WVC057-181000-
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/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

$$

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