Flash Flood Warning

FFWRLX

The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Athens County in southeastern Ohio... Northern Gallia County in southeastern Ohio... Jackson County in southeastern Ohio... Meigs County in southeastern Ohio... Southern Vinton County in southeastern Ohio... North Central Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia... Southwestern Wood County in northwestern West Virginia... North Central Mason County in western West Virginia...

* Until 930 AM EDT.

* At 636 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have 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 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... Jackson, Wellston, Pomeroy, Oak Hill, Rio Grande, Racine, Rutland, Forked Run State Park, New Haven, Mason, Tuppers Plains, Mineralwells, Middleport, Chester, Hamden, Syracuse, Hartford City, Coalton, Vinton and Wilkesville.

This includes Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 157 and 168.