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Flood Warning

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Jackson, WV

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

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* WHAT...Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Central Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia...
* WHEN...Until 900 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is occurring. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. It will take several hours for all the water from these storms to work through local drainage systems.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 343 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Ripley and Evans. - This includes Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 133 and 140. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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