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Rain continues in Mountain State as Flood Warning in effect for I-64 corridor areas

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Several counties along the Interstate-64 corridor from Huntington to Charleston remain under a Flood Warning Sunday as multiple systems of rain continue to hit the area.

Robert Hart, lead Meteorologist at the National Weather Service Charleston told MetroNews on Sunday morning that there have already been reports of flooding but another system late Sunday could bring a ‘widespread flood event’ for the central and northern half of the state.

“We have a lot of high water reports, roads flooded all the way from Cabell County to Kanawha County,” Hart said. “A lot of the secondary roads we have received reports of being flooded. Even some high water rescues along some creeks and streams near the Teays Valley and Ona area.”

The rain began Saturday during the day for most parts of the I-64 corridor with a break until overnight Saturday into Sunday. Hart expects mid-afternoon Sunday to be the final system of heavy showers.

A Flood Warning is in effect until Monday morning for parts of Wayne, Cabell, Putnam, Lincoln, Kanawha, Mason, Jackson, Roane, Calhoun, and Clay.

According to Hart, many areas have already received 1 to 3 inches of rain by Sunday morning. He said by Monday morning, spots along the I-64 corridor and a little further north could total 2 to 4 inches of rain and up to 5 inches in isolated locations.

The hardest parts in the state by the weekend rain were mainly the locations impacted by the ice storms of last week, Hart said. He anticipated additional trees down because of the already weakened ground.

“The ground is still relatively cold so it can’t hold as much water. All the snow has been melting over the last few weeks so that adds more water into the ground,” he said.

“Then you throw in a couple of inches of rain onto the already saturated soil and you can get flooding that occurs pretty fast.”

Hart forecasted a calm work week ahead for much of the state. 30s and 40s in higher elevations with temperatures in the 50s in lower elevations.

“Much of the upcoming week, into next weekend is looking nice for early March standards. We will have a mix of sun and clouds much of the time and a lot more sunshine than what we have seen the past several weeks,” he said.





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