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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
211 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.
* AT 211 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 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...
ELIZABETH, RACINE, FORKED RUN STATE PARK, RAVENSWOOD, SANDYVILLE,
CHESTER, ROCKPORT, MORRISTOWN, PEEWEE, BELLEVILLE, REEDSVILLE,
PORTLAND, PALESTINE AND CHERRY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146
AND 169.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3914 8191 3918 8155 3909 8126 3907 8126
3906 8127 3906 8126 3896 8129 3894 8144
3894 8145 3893 8146 3890 8168 3898 8193
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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