NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued September 22 at 11:26PM EDT until September 23 at 2:30AM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...South Central Fayette County in southeastern West
Virginia...
Central Raleigh County in southeastern West Virginia...
* WHEN...Until 230 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1126 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. 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...
Beckley, Mount Hope, Piney View, Stanaford, Prosperity, Bradley,
Beaver, Daniels and Macarthur.
- This includes the following highways...
Route 19 between mile markers 1 and 4. Interstate 64 in West
Virginia between mile markers 123 and 127. West Virginia Turnpike
between mile markers 45 and 49.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 899th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days