NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued September 20 at 6:51PM EDT until September 20 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall earlier this morning
continues.
* WHERE...Southeastern Athens County in southeastern Ohio...
Northeastern Gallia County in southeastern Ohio...
Meigs County in southeastern Ohio...
Southwestern Washington 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...
* WHEN...Until 900 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. It will take
several hours for all the water from these storms to work through
local drainage systems.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 651 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain due to thunderstorms earlier this morning. Flooding is
ongoing in the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall is expected tonight.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Point Pleasant, Gallipolis, Rio Grande, Racine, Ravenswood, New
Haven, Gallia, Middleport, Hartford City, Henderson, Vinton,
Leon, Wilkesville, Cheshire, Adamsville, Gallopolis Ferry, Lakin,
Kyger, Letart, and Southside.
- This includes Interstate 77 in West Virginia near mile marker
151...and between mile markers 164 and 171.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 567th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days