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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
824 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
WVC001-007-013-017-021-033-041-083-085-087-091-097-105-280415-
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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-
WIRT WV-
824 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT THURSDAY
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...NORTHEASTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
BARBOUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL 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...
SOUTHERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1215 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 820 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN TODAY. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE. ANOTHER
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING ANOTHER HALF INCH
TO AN INCH RAINFALL TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF
FLOODING, PARTICULARLY IN BARBOUR COUNTY, WHERE THERE WAS A WATER
RESCUE.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3919 7982 3913 7984
3911 7982 3909 7986 3898 7989 3884 8078
3885 8122
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