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Flash Flood Warning

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Boyd, KY; Carter, KY; Greenup, KY; Lawrence, KY; Lawrence, OH

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

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FFWRLX
The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Boyd County in northeastern Kentucky... Carter County in northeastern Kentucky... Southern Greenup County in northeastern Kentucky... Northwestern Lawrence County in northeastern Kentucky... South Central Lawrence County in southeastern Ohio... Northwestern Wayne County in western West Virginia...
* Until 1000 PM EDT.
* At 701 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 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... Huntington, Ashland, Ironton, Grayson, Coal Grove, Olive Hill, Wayne, Cannonsburg, Grayson Lake State Park, Carter Caves State Park, Kenova, Catlettsburg, Ceredo, Rush, Coalton, Princess, Denton, Naples, Oldtown and Greenbo Lake.
This includes the following highways... Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 1 and 4. Interstate 64 in Kentucky between mile markers 155 and 191.
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