NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued August 16 at 10:38PM EDT until August 17 at 5:15AM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Central Kanawha County in central West Virginia...
Central Putnam County in western West Virginia...
* WHEN...Until 515 AM EDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Local media
have reported water rescues.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1038 PM 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 1.5 and 2.5 inches
of rain have fallen.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Charleston, Nitro, Winfield, Jefferson, South Charleston, St.
Albans, Dunbar, Sissonville, Eleanor, Poca, Institute, Cross
Lanes, Coal Fork, Pinch, Elkview, Tornado, Teays Valley and
Bancroft.
- This includes the following highways...
Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 96 and 111.
Route 119 between mile markers 74 and 80. Interstate 64 in West
Virginia between mile markers 38 and 57. West Virginia Turnpike
between mile markers 93 and 95. Interstate 79 between mile
markers 1 and 11.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 1319th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days