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Flood Warning

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Greenbrier, WV; Summers, WV

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

Details

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...A portion of southeast West Virginia, including the following counties, Greenbrier and Summers.
* WHEN...Until 400 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 211 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated slow moving thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall had across the warned area earlier tonight. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. The river gage at Little Sewell Creek at Rainelle has exceeded Minor Flood stage. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Beaver Creek, Fisher Creek, Lick Creek, Boggs Creek, Eagle Branch, Burdette Creek, Kitchen Creek, Little Creek, Meadow Creek, Laurel Creek, Meadow River, Big Clear Creek and Little Clear Creek. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Rainelle, Rupert, Quinwood, Sandstone, Meadow Bluff, Lawn and Elton. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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