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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
941 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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UPSHUR WV-
941 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...NORTHEASTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 345 PM EDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...AT A STAGE OF 6 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS
ALONG SAND RUN CREEK OCCURS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 939 AM EDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE SAND RUN IS APPROACHING
MINOR FLOOD STAGE OF 6.0 FEET AND RISING RAPIDLY. FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OVERHILL AND TALLMANSVILLE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3890 8015 3897 8014 3902 8012 3903 8016
3893 8020 3889 8018
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