998  
WGUS61 KRLX 270120  
FFARLX  
 
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
920 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026  
 
KYZ101>103-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ006>011-014>020-027>032-039-  
040-521-522-525-526-270930-  
/O.CON.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 LAKE VESUVIUS, GRAYSON, ATHENS, SOUTH  
CHARLESTON, HUNTINGTON, ST. MARYS, CLARKSBURG, SUTTON,  
SISTERSVILLE, MCARTHUR, JACKSON, CHARLESTON, VIENNA, OLIVE HILL,  
ASHLAND, PENNSBORO, BURNSVILLE, RAVENSWOOD, SAINT ALBANS, BRIDGEPORT,  
BELINGTON, RIPLEY, COWEN, FLATWOODS, WESTON, BELMONT, MCCONNELSVILLE,  
MARIETTA, HARRISVILLE, TEAYS VALLEY, GRAFTON, POINT PLEASANT,  
SOMERSET, GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, GALLIPOLIS, STOCKPORT, BUCKHANNON,  
CARTER CAVES STATE PARK, NEW LEXINGTON, HURRICANE, PHILIPPI, SPENCER,  
IRONTON, BELPRE, PADEN CITY, RACELAND, OAK HILL, CROOKSVILLE,  
ELIZABETH, HARMAN, WEST UNION, NEW HAVEN, ELKINS, CLAY, GASSAWAY,  
SOUTH POINT, WEBSTER SPRINGS, RUSSELL, CANNONSBURG, PARKERSBURG,  
GRANTSVILLE, HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, GLENVILLE, MIDDLEBOURNE,  
WELLSTON, HAMDEN, AND POMEROY  
920 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2026  
 
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE  
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
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 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY 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.  
- 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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