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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
138 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
WVC001-007-013-017-021-033-041-083-085-087-091-097-272030-
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BARBOUR WV-BRAXTON WV-CALHOUN WV-DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-HARRISON
WV-LEWIS WV-RANDOLPH WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-TAYLOR WV-UPSHUR WV-
138 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...NORTH CENTRAL ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
BARBOUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 430 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 127 PM EDT, SEVERAL CREEKS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON, RESULTING IN NUMEROUS FLOODED
ROADS. IT WILL TAKE UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE A MAJORITY
OF CREEKS RECEDE BACK INTO THEIR BANKS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHICH COULD
PROLONG THE FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WESTON, PHILIPPI, GLENVILLE, GRANTSVILLE, BELINGTON, JACKSON
MILL, JANE LEW, SAND FORK, AND ALUM BRIDGE.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 112. ROUTE 33 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 17.
- 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 3897 8123 3901 8100 3905 8091 3930 7990
3927 7985 3925 7985 3924 7981 3913 7984
3909 7978 3904 7978 3904 7979 3903 7975
3878 8108 3878 8123 3891 8128
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