Receive alerts from your local agencies
...or text your ZIP CODE to 888777 for mobile alerts

Full Notification

Grant County Emergency Management & 911
Saturday August 28th, 2021 :: 06:16 p.m. EDT

Alert

Flood Warning until 09:15PM Saturday

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Flood Warning for Small stream in... Central Grant County in eastern West Virginia...

* Until 915 PM EDT.

* At 615 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Maysville... Kline Gap... Streby... Scherr... Cabins... Martin... Hopeville... This includes the following streams and drainages... South Fork Lunice Creek, Laurel Run, Redman Run, Brushy Run, Linton Creek, Moyer Run, Thorn Run, Middle Fork Patterson Creek, Patterson Creek, South Branch Potomac River, Big Run, Whip Run, North Fork Patterson Creek, Lunice Creek, Robinson Run, Big Star Run, Elklick Run, Abram Creek, Jordan Run, Saltblock Run, New Creek, Little Star Run, North Fork South Branch Potomac River, Broad Run, Norman Run and Glade Run. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area.

* AFFECTED AREAS: GRANT, WV

Instructions:

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

Address/Location
Grant County Emergency Management & 911
155 Technology Ln
Petersburg, WV 26847

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 304-257-2140

Submit an anonymous web tip

Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flood Warning

Navigate & Discover