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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
433 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
WEST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* AT 433 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 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...
POINT PLEASANT, GALLIPOLIS, RIO GRANDE, RACINE, NEW HAVEN, GALLIA,
VERNON, WATERLOO, HENDERSON, LEON, CHESHIRE, ADAMSVILLE, GALLOPOLIS
FERRY, GAGE, CENTERPOINT, LETART, MOUNT ALTO AND COTTAGEVILLE.
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF
TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3881 8265 3885 8247 3884 8246 3885 8245
3887 8237 3898 8200 3898 8182 3892 8176
3886 8178 3875 8194 3867 8217 3865 8246
3867 8262 3869 8270 3875 8270 3875 8266
3877 8266
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
30
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