LITTLE KANAWHA CRESTING ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT GLENVILLE - Flash Flood Watch, Tornado Watch, Thunderstorm Watch

(06/04/2008)

Wednesday evening's Wood Festival Events canceled because of continuing thunderstorms and rain moving through the area. National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing penny size hail and damaging winds in excess of 60 mph. This storm was located near Sandyville or about 12 miles east of Racine and moving east at 40 mph. The severe thunderstorm will be near Grantsville at 8:30 p.m. dumping more rain on an already rain-soaked ground with local streams filled to the brim from rain last night and today. Doppler radar has indicated some rotation within this storm. While not immediately likely, a tornado may still develop. If a tornado is spotted act quickly and move to a place of safety in a sturdy structure such as a basement or small interior room. The rain ends tonight with the sun coming out tomorrow. The National Weather Service in Charleston WV has issued a Flood Warning for the Little Kanawha river at Glenville until Thursday afternoon. At 7 PM Wednesday the stage was 20.9 feet. Minor flooding is forecast. Flood stage is 23 feet. Forecast: The river will rise above flood stage by tonight. Then continue to rise to near 24.5 feet by after midnight. The river will fall below flood stage by late Thursday morning. At stages near 24.0 feet, River Street is flooded upstream from the Old Bridge. A crest near 24.5 feet compares to a previous crest of 24.2 feet on December 14 2007.

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