NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued September 20 at 3:22PM EDT until September 20 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Pittsburgh PA
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Eastern Belmont County in east central Ohio...
Southeastern Jefferson OH County in east central Ohio...
West Central Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania...
Brooke County in northern West Virginia...
Ohio County in northern West Virginia...
* WHEN...Until 615 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams
continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall in
Washington County flowing through the warned area.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 320 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rainfall has ended
with only lingering light rainfall across the warned area.
Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned
area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Wheeling, Martins Ferry, Warwood, Wellsburg, West Liberty,
Triadelphia, Clearview, Valley Grove, Tiltonsville, Bridgeport,
Yorkville, Bethany, Franklin, Beech Bottom, Brilliant, Windsor
Heights, Rayland and West Alexander.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 555th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days