FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1240 PM EST SAT MAR 13 2010
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KANAWHA WV-ROANE WV-LOGAN WV-CLAY WV-WYOMING WV-RALEIGH WV-BOONE WV-
FAYETTE WV-
1240 PM EST SAT MAR 13 2010
...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN FAYETTE...BOONE...RALEIGH...WYOMING...
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY...LOGAN...SOUTHWESTERN ROANE AND KANAWHA
COUNTIES...
AT 1238 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AFFECTING THE WARNED AREA. WHILE THE HEAVY
RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM HEAVIER RAINS OVERNIGHT WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING ON SOME OF THE BIGGER CREEKS IN THE AREA.
FOR THE SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS...WATER LEVELS ARE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME WATER RESCUES REPORTED AROUND THE CABIN CREEK
AREA IN KANAWHA COUNTY. AS THE AREA RIVERS CONTINUE TO RISE...SOME
BACKWATER PROBLEMS WILL BE REALIZED NEAR THE HEADWATER
AREAS...PARTICULARLY FROM THE KANAWHA RIVER.
ELSEWHERE...THERE CONTINUES TO BE NUMEROUS HIGH WATER PROBLEMS IN
RALEIGH AND FAYETTE COUNTIES...WITH SOME OF THE BIGGER CREEKS OUT OF
THEIR BANKS...NUMEROUS BASEMENTS FLOODED...AND HIGH WATER ACROSS
MANY ROADS. BEAVER CREEK IN RALEIGH COUNTY CONTINUES TO FLOOD THE
TOWN OF BEAVER...WHERE A SECTION OF INTERSTATE 64 HAS BEEN CLOSED AT
AIRPORT ROAD. MOUNT HOPE IN FAYETTE COUNTY WAS ALSO HIGHLY
IMPACTED...WITH MUCH OF KILSYTH...JUST OUTSIDE MONT HOPE....UNDER
WATER.
THE NEW RIVER AT THURMOND WAS AT CREST WELL ABOVE ITS 12 FOOT FLOOD
STAGE...NEAR 20 FEET AS OF 11 AM. WHILE MOSTLY CAMP SITES ARE
AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF ROUTES 2...25 AND 17 START TO FLOOD AT 19
FEET. ALSO...THE MEADOW RIVER AT MOUNT LOOKOUT WAS ABOVE ITS 10 FOOT
FLOOD STAGE...APPROACHING 13 FEET AS OF 11 AM AND RISING. HIGH WATER
IS LIKELY FROM THE MEADOW RIVER IN THAT AREA INTO THE AFTERNOON
HOURS.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
LAT...LON 3774 8208 3797 8219 3803 8192 3804 8195
3805 8196 3826 8180 3832 8191 3839 8191
3847 8173 3863 8170 3856 8163 3861 8152
3881 8152 3852 8120 3834 8110 3827 8122
3821 8099 3790 8077 3743 8130
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