At 540 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms produced heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
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... Buckhannon, Weston, Philippi, Audra State Park, Belington, Rock Cave, Stonewall Jackson, Junior, Lost Creek, Jane Lew, Womelsdorf (Coalton), Montrose, Overhill, Tallmansville, Hodgesville, Ellamore, Volga, Century and Lorentz.
This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 between mile markers 96 and 113. Route 33 between mile markers 1 and 7...and between mile markers 15 and 17...and between mile markers 31 and 35.
Flooding has been reported along Gum and Boggess Streets in Buckhannon. Be especially cautious when traveling this morning.