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WGUS81 KRLX 201640
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1140 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
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LAWRENCE KY-BOONE WV-LINCOLN WV-LOGAN WV-MINGO WV-RALEIGH WV-
WAYNE WV-
1140 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, LAWRENCE AND WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BOONE, LINCOLN, LOGAN, MINGO, RALEIGH AND WAYNE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 230 PM EST.
* IMPACTS...CREEKS AND SMALL RIVERS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS
RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND
FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE LIKELY
INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1134 AM EST, MINOR FLOODING FROM CONTINUED RUNOFF INTO
CREEKS AND SMALL RIVERS CONTINUES, ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MADISON, LOGAN, CHAPMANVILLE, FORT GAY, HARTS, RANGER,
SPURLOCKVILLE, DUNLOW, EAST LYNN LAKE, WHARTON, AND DANVILLE.
- 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 3813 8264 3818 8247 3816 8214 3812 8185
3805 8161 3793 8152 3785 8156 3780 8163
3775 8195 3776 8215 3782 8240 3788 8242
3791 8246 3790 8247 3796 8253 3795 8258
3791 8260 3794 8266 3802 8268
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