- Thursday October 1st, 2015 :: 04:23 p.m. EDT
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FROM EARLY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...
WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG A STATIONARY COASTAL FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE REGION FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
TAZEWELL-SMYTH-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-EASTERN GREENBRIER-WESTERN GREENBRIER-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLUEFIELD...FLATOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.. ALDERSON ...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE
402 PM EDT THU OCT 1 2015
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA ...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING IN ... SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...SMYTH AND TAZEWELL. IN SOUTHEAST WEST
VIRGINIA...EASTERN GREENBRIER...MERCER...MONROE... SUMMERS AND WESTERN GREENBRIER.
* FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
* 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. THIS RAIN...WHICH WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL ONTO SOIL THAT MAY HAVE BECOME SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN MUCH OF THE RAIN
RUNNING OFF INTO SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...CAUSING THEM TO FILL QUICKLY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD O FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO LANDSLIDES... HEAD TOWARD HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM STREAMS... RIVERS...AND STEEP SLOPES.
Address/Location
Greenbrier County Homeland Security and Emergency Management
171 Arbuckle Ln
Maxwelton, WV 24957
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 304-645-5444
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