Kanawha County, High water and flooding

Monday, May 4, 2009 at 6:19 pm

Kanawha County, High water and flooding
Metro 911 was reporting high water and localized flooding throughout Kanawha County this morning.

Officials advised motorists not to drive into areas where water covers the road. Vehicles caught in rising water should be abandoned quickly, dispatchers said.

Motorists also advised homeowners who see water rising around their homes to seek higher ground.

Kanawha County schools were on a two-hour delay this morning because of high water, although there were also several closures called.

Bonham Elementary in Sissonville was closed. The school has a history of flooding or being threatened by high water.

Bonham, Alum Creek and Shoals elementaries also were closed; and all schools in Sissonville and Herbert Hoover attendance areas closed

Gilmer, Lincoln and Roane County schools were closed.

Cross Lanes Christian, a private school in Kanawha County, was on a two-hour delay.

Kanawha Terrace was shut down because of high water, but reopened by 7:30.

Spencer Road at Clendenin also was shut down. Elk River Road in Clendenin was shut down because a tree fell in power lines.

Poca Fork Road at Frame was shut down because of a tree across it. There was also a mudslide reported at Frame Road.

Several roads in the Cross Lanes area were shut down. They included Washington Road/Relation Road near the Wagon Wheel, Washington Road/Lake Shore Drive (Lake Chaweva), Rocky Fork/Amy Road (near the quarry) and Doc Bailey Road/Kelly Road.

Fortieth Street in Nitro was shut down.

Smith Creek was shut down from Dry Ridge to Coal River Road.