Flash Flood Warning

FFWRLX

The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Boone County in central West Virginia... Southern Kanawha County in central West Virginia... Eastern Lincoln County in central West Virginia... Fayette County in southeastern West Virginia... Southwestern Nicholas County in southeastern West Virginia... Northwestern Raleigh County in southeastern West Virginia... Northeastern Logan County in southern West Virginia... North Central Wyoming County in southern West Virginia... South Central Putnam County in western West Virginia...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 125 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. 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. Parts of the area received 1 to 2 inches of rain earlier this morning are are particularly vulnerable to additional heavy rainfall.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Beckley, Summersville, Madison, Fayetteville, Babcock State Park, South Charleston, Oak Hill, Montgomery, Chesapeake, Marmet, Mount Hope, Mabscott, Ansted, Belle, Cedar Grove, East Bank, Glasgow, Smithers and Gauley Bridge.

This includes the following highways... Route 19 between mile markers 1 and 16...and between mile markers 18 and 45. Route 119 between mile markers 44 and 73. West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 43 and 91.