680  
WGUS51 KPBZ 201218  
FFWPBZ  
OHC013-067-081-WVC009-051-069-201515-  
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FF.W.0118.260820T1218Z-260820T1515Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
818 AM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
BELMONT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON OH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
BROOKE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 818 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF  
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE  
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED  
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
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...  
WHEELING, MOUNDSVILLE, MARTINS FERRY, ST. CLAIRSVILLE, BELLAIRE,  
WARWOOD, BETHLEHEM, WEST LIBERTY, TRIADELPHIA, CLEARVIEW, VALLEY  
GROVE, SHADYSIDE, MCMECHEN, POWHATAN POINT, GLEN DALE,  
TILTONSVILLE, BRIDGEPORT, BENWOOD, YORKVILLE AND BETHANY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4016 8103 4022 8103 4022 8052 3984 8052  
3986 8101 3986 8106  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 
 
 
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