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WGUS71 KRLX 272315
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
715 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
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BARBOUR WV-BRAXTON WV-CALHOUN WV-DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-HARRISON
WV-LEWIS WV-RITCHIE WV-TAYLOR WV-UPSHUR WV-WIRT WV-
715 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BRAXTON, NORTHERN CALHOUN, GILMER, BARBOUR,
NORTHERN UPSHUR, SOUTH CENTRAL DODDRIDGE, SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON,
LEWIS, SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR, SOUTHERN RITCHIE AND SOUTHEASTERN WIRT
COUNTIES...
AT 715 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1
AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN TODAY. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL
CONTINUE, BUT THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN HAD ENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF
ROADS CLOSED THROUGH 7 PM, PARTICULARLY IN LEWIS AND BARBOUR
COUNTIES.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
BUCKHANNON, WESTON, PHILIPPI, GLENVILLE, ELIZABETH, GRANTSVILLE,
AUDRA STATE PARK, BELINGTON, STONEWALL JACKSON, JACKSON MILL, CEDAR
CREEK STATE PARK, JUNIOR, BURNSVILLE, LOST CREEK, JANE LEW, SAND
FORK, AUBURN, CAMDEN, ALUM BRIDGE AND SAND RUN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 114. ROUTE 33 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 7...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 17.
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 3908 8142 3916 8084 3911 8082 3911 8074
3930 7991 3927 7985 3918 7982 3911 7982
3909 7986 3898 7989 3884 8078 3885 8122
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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