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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
933 AM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016


WVZ028-030>032-038>040-047-211500-
BARBOUR-WEBSTER-TAYLOR-BRAXTON-HARRISON-LEWIS-RANDOLPH-UPSHUR-
933 AM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH...UPSHUR...
LEWIS...HARRISON...BARBOUR...BRAXTON...WEBSTER AND TAYLOR COUNTIES...

AT 928 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
STONEWALL JACKSON TO NEAR CAMDEN ON GAULEY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE
EXPECTED FROM THIS BATCH OF SHOWERS. THIS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER IN LOW SPOTS DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKSBURG...BUCKHANNON...GRAFTON...WESTON...PHILIPPI...SUTTON...
WEBSTER SPRINGS...AUDRA STATE PARK...BRIDGEPORT...SHINNSTON...
BELINGTON...STONEWOOD...NUTTER FORT...GASSAWAY...LUMBERPORT...ADDISON
(WEBSTER SPRINGS)...ANMOORE...ROCK CAVE...STONEWALL JACKSON AND HOLLY
RIVER STATE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 77...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 84 AND 129.
 ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 82.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 3911 7982 3898 7989 3895 8002 3875 8012
      3875 8017 3832 8048 3848 8067 3853 8065
      3853 8073 3864 8086 3890 8061 3896 8066
      3907 8067 3920 8053 3923 8057 3946 8042
      3939 8009 3945 7993 3930 7989 3923 7981
TIME...MOT...LOC 1328Z 219DEG 34KT 3892 8055 3839 8056 

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