FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR CALHOUN AND REGION - Watch In Effect Through Friday Morning

(07/31/2020)
The National Weather Service in Charleston issued a Flash Flood Warning about 4:30 p.m. Thursday for Northwestern Roane County in central West Virginia, Calhoun County, Southwestern Ritchie County and parts of Wirt until 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

A number of streams in Calhoun out of banks.

Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

The initial warning was issued at 3 p.m.

There is a flash flood watch out for the area through Friday morning.