SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 431 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2013 BOYD KY-CABELL WV-GALLIA OH-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE WV- 431 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BOYD...CABELL...LAWRENCE...NORTHERN WAYNE AND SOUTHWESTERN GALLIA COUNTIES... AT 430 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF OAK HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR VERNON...AND GAGE AROUND 435 PM...WATERLOO... AND PEDRO AROUND 445 PM...AID...AND IRONTON AROUND 500 PM...COAL GROVE...AND SCOTTOWN AROUND 510 PM. THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...I-64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 188 AND 191 IN KENTUCKY...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 27 IN WEST VIRGINIA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 21:07:15 +0000
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