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Flash Flood Warning

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Boone, WV; Clay, WV; Kanawha, WV

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

Details

At 845 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 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... Charleston, South Charleston, Chesapeake, Marmet, Belle, Clendenin, Coal Fork, Pinch, Elkview, Glen, Racine and Ashford.
This includes the following highways... Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 96 and 103. Route 119 near mile marker 73...and between mile markers 78 and 80. West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 86 and 95. Interstate 79 between mile markers 1 and 2...and near mile marker 5...and near mile marker 14...and between mile markers 19 and 21.
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