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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
924 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT.
* AT 924 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN PEA RIDGE. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN PEA
RIDGE.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
HUNTINGTON, HAMLIN, CHESAPEAKE, PROCTORVILLE, HURRICANE,
BARBOURSVILLE, MILTON, ONA, CULLODEN, BURLINGTON, WEST HAMLIN,
ATHALIA, SALT ROCK, PEA RIDGE, SWEETLAND, GRIFFITHSVILLE AND
YAWKEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE, 800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3839 8186 3819 8195 3833 8230 3836 8241
3841 8250 3855 8242
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
LTC
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