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WGUS61 KRLX 170717  
FFARLX  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
317 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2025  
 
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020-  
024>034-039-040-515>526-171530-  
/O.NEW.KRLX.FA.A.0016.250717T1800Z-250718T0400Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-  
MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-  
JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-  
CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-  
LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-NORTHWEST  
RALEIGH-SOUTHEAST RALEIGH-NORTHWEST FAYETTE-SOUTHEAST FAYETTE-  
NORTHWEST NICHOLAS-SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS-NORTHWEST WEBSTER-SOUTHEAST  
WEBSTER-NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS-SOUTHEAST POCAHONTAS-NORTHWEST  
RANDOLPH-SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GALLIPOLIS, SOPHIA, SISTERSVILLE,  
PARKERSBURG, GASSAWAY, HAMLIN, OLIVE HILL, ELKINS, PHILIPPI,  
ATHENS, BRIDGEPORT, CLAY, CLINTWOOD, ELIZABETH, RIPLEY, SPENCER,  
HURRICANE, WELLSTON, GRAYSON, MARLINTON, CRAIGSVILLE,  
GRANTSVILLE, HARTS, LOGAN, TEAYS VALLEY, BELMONT, ASHLAND,  
WESTON, FLATWOODS, MARIETTA, RAVENSWOOD, NEW HAVEN, CHARLESTON,  
MIDDLEBOURNE, COWEN, BIRCH RIVER, CHAPMANVILLE, WEBSTER SPRINGS,  
CLARKSBURG, PINEVILLE, LOUISA, MADISON, BELINGTON, BRADLEY, POINT  
PLEASANT, IRONTON, CARTER CAVES STATE PARK, GLENVILLE, RICHWOOD,  
DAVENPORT, SOUTH CHARLESTON, WAR, SUTTON, MCARTHUR, MAN, GARY,  
PROSPERITY, SOUTH POINT, HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, JACKSON, WAYNE,  
BECKLEY, BUCKHANNON, SAINT ALBANS, BELPRE, CANNONSBURG,  
BURNSVILLE, YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK, GRAFTON, OAK HILL,  
HARRISVILLE, OCEANA, ALUM CREEK, MULLENS, MONTGOMERY, HAMDEN,  
KENOVA, POMEROY, SUMMERSVILLE, GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, RUSSELL,  
PENNSBORO, RACELAND, PADEN CITY, SNOWSHOE, HURLEY, MEADOW BRIDGE,  
HARMAN, BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK, VIENNA, CEREDO, ST. MARYS,  
WILLIAMSON, FAYETTEVILLE, HUNTINGTON, GRUNDY, VANSANT, WEST  
UNION, WELCH, AND LAKE VESUVIUS  
317 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2025  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, BOYD, CARTER, GREENUP AND LAWRENCE, SOUTHEAST OHIO,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, ATHENS, GALLIA, JACKSON OH,  
LAWRENCE OH, MEIGS, VINTON AND WASHINGTON, SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON, AND WEST  
VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BARBOUR, BOONE,  
BRAXTON, CABELL, CALHOUN, CLAY, DODDRIDGE, GILMER, HARRISON,  
JACKSON WV, KANAWHA, LEWIS, LINCOLN, LOGAN, MASON, MCDOWELL,  
MINGO, NORTHWEST FAYETTE, NORTHWEST NICHOLAS, NORTHWEST  
POCAHONTAS, NORTHWEST RALEIGH, NORTHWEST RANDOLPH, NORTHWEST  
WEBSTER, PLEASANTS, PUTNAM, RITCHIE, ROANE, SOUTHEAST FAYETTE,  
SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS, SOUTHEAST POCAHONTAS, SOUTHEAST RALEIGH,  
SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH, SOUTHEAST WEBSTER, TAYLOR, TYLER, UPSHUR,  
WAYNE, WIRT, WOOD AND WYOMING.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND REPETITIVE  
ROUNDS OF RAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS MAY LEAD TO FLASH  
FLOODING.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX  
AS WELL AS ON OUR X AND FACEBOOK PAGES.  
 

 
 

 
 
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