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WGUS71 KPBZ 171949
FFSPBZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
349 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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MARION WV-WETZEL WV-
349 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL MARION AND SOUTHEASTERN WETZEL COUNTIES...
AT 349 PM EDT, THE PUBLIC AND DOPPLER RADAR REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SMITHFIELD AND FOLSOM.
SOUTH FORK FISHING CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS, REACHING THE BACK OF
HOMES SOUTHEAST OF SMITHFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3950 8074 3952 8065 3953 8048 3951 8043
3945 8041 3947 8049 3946 8049 3946 8051
3943 8052 3943 8054 3944 8056 3943 8058
3945 8058 3945 8060 3944 8060 3947 8065
3946 8067 3948 8067 3947 8069 3948 8072
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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