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Flash Flood Warning

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McDowell, WV; Wyoming, WV

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
Issued
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

Details

At 446 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain in Anawalt and Jenkinjones. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
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... Welch, Gary, Northfork, Davy, Keystone, Anawalt, Kimball, Jenkinjones and Maybeury.
Additional showers and thunderstorms to the west across eastern Kentucky will move across the warned area over the next few hours.
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