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Randolph County Office of Emergency Management and 911
Wednesday January 30th, 2013 :: 08:27 a.m. EST

Advisory

FLOOD WATCH, HIGH WIND WARNING FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN WEST
VIRGINIA...POCAHONTAS. IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...BRAXTON...
NICHOLAS...TAYLOR AND WEBSTER. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
BARBOUR...HARRISON...LEWIS...RANDOLPH AND UPSHUR.

* FROM 11 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY SHOWERS AND
POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH
MOST OF IT COMING WITHIN A SIX HOUR PERIOD. WITH THE GROUND
ALREADY SATURATED AND RIVERS AND STREAMS SOMEWHAT HIGH FROM
RECENT AND SOME ONGOING SNOWMELT...FLOODING OR EVEN FLASH
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

* SMALL STREAMS CAN COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS QUICKLY DURING OR JUST
FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAIN
RIVERS WILL RISE. CLARKSBURG ON THE WEST FORK...AND BELINGTON ON
THE TYGART VALLEY...APPEAR MOST LIKELY TO REACH ACTION STAGE.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EST TONIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS ALSO
BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10
AM EST THURSDAY.

A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH 1
AM THURSDAY...INCREASING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...HIGHEST WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR FROM 1 TO 10 AM
THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...WITH SATURATED TERRAIN...SOME TREES...LIMBS OR
BRANCHES MAY FALL. POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR OUTAGES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE...BEING MOST LIKELY LATER TONIGHT. OUTDOOR FURNITURE OR
OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED OR MOVED INSIDE...TO BE PROTECTED
FROM THE WINDS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

Address/Location
Randolph County Office of Emergency Management and 911
30 Randolph Ave
Elkins, WV 26241

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 304-636-0483

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