Flash Flood Warning: Barbour, WV; Harrison, WV; Lewis, WV; Randolph, WV; Upshur, WV

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Flash Flood Warning — Barbour, WV; Harrison, WV; Lewis, WV; Randolph, WV; Upshur, WV Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely. FFWRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Barbour County in northeastern West Virginia... Northwestern Randolph County in northeastern West Virginia... Upshur County in northeastern West Virginia... Southeastern Harrison County in northern West Virginia... Eastern Lewis County in northern West Virginia... * Until 715 AM EDT. * At 408 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Buckhannon, Weston, Philippi, Audra State Park, Belington, Rock Cave, Stonewall Jackson, Junior, Lost Creek, Jane Lew, Womelsdorf (Coalton), Montrose, Overhill, Tallmansville, Hodgesville, Ellamore, Volga, Century and Lorentz. This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 between mile markers 96 and 113. Route 33 between mile markers 1 and 7...and between mile markers 15 and 17...and between mile markers 31 and 35.