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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
125 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ006>011-014>020-027>032-039-
040-521-522-525-526-270130-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FA.A.0006.260527T0600Z-260528T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-
VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-
PLEASANTS-TYLER-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-
CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-
NORTHWEST WEBSTER-SOUTHEAST WEBSTER-NORTHWEST RANDOLPH-
SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TEAYS VALLEY, ATHENS, CLARKSBURG,
BUCKHANNON, GRAFTON, SUTTON, HURRICANE, GLENVILLE, ST. MARYS,
MCARTHUR, CLAY, SISTERSVILLE, ELKINS, BURNSVILLE, CARTER CAVES STATE
PARK, HARMAN, GRANTSVILLE, BELMONT, OLIVE HILL, HARRISVILLE, JACKSON,
LAKE VESUVIUS, GASSAWAY, GALLIPOLIS, SOUTH POINT, PADEN CITY, GRAYSON
LAKE STATE PARK, BELPRE, POINT PLEASANT, PARKERSBURG, MARIETTA,
ASHLAND, ELIZABETH, WESTON, COWEN, HUNTINGTON, PENNSBORO, HAMDEN, NEW
LEXINGTON, RAVENSWOOD, MIDDLEBOURNE, RUSSELL, FLATWOODS, GRAYSON,
CHARLESTON, BRIDGEPORT, PHILIPPI, SOMERSET, MCCONNELSVILLE, NEW
HAVEN, SOUTH CHARLESTON, SPENCER, POMEROY, OAK HILL, RIPLEY, WEST
UNION, CROOKSVILLE, BELINGTON, WEBSTER SPRINGS, RACELAND, HOLLY RIVER
STATE PARK, CANNONSBURG, STOCKPORT, SAINT ALBANS, VIENNA, IRONTON,
AND WELLSTON
125 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BOYD, CARTER AND GREENUP, SOUTHEAST OHIO, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES, ATHENS, GALLIA, JACKSON OH, LAWRENCE OH, MEIGS,
MORGAN, PERRY, VINTON AND WASHINGTON, AND WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BARBOUR, BRAXTON, CABELL, CALHOUN, CLAY,
DODDRIDGE, GILMER, HARRISON, JACKSON WV, KANAWHA, LEWIS, MASON,
NORTHWEST RANDOLPH, NORTHWEST WEBSTER, PLEASANTS, PUTNAM, RITCHIE,
ROANE, SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH, SOUTHEAST WEBSTER, TAYLOR, TYLER,
UPSHUR, WIRT AND WOOD.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- PERIODS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING
LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH AND SHIFTING SOUTH THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GIVEN RECENT RAINFALL SOILS ARE PRIMED FOR FLASH
FLOODING WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN.
- 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.
JP
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