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Flash Flood Warning

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Fayette, WV; McDowell, WV; Raleigh, WV; Wyoming, WV

Status In Progress Started about 2 hours 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... Southeastern Fayette County in southeastern West Virginia... Southeastern Raleigh County in southeastern West Virginia... East Central McDowell County in southern West Virginia... Southeastern Wyoming County in southern West Virginia...
* Until midnight EDT.
* At 802 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
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... Babcock State Park, Northfork, Shady Spring, Daniels, Beaver, Stanaford, Piney View, Coal City, Meadow Bridge, Keystone, Anawalt, Ghent, Josephine, Herndon and Maybeury.
This includes the following highways... Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 123 and 137. West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 28 and 38.
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