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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
951 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST FORK RIVER ABOVE CLARKSBURG AFFECTING HARRISON COUNTY.
FOR THE WEST FORK RIVER...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING AT 1000 AM EDT.
WVC033-281400-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FL.W.0002.260528T0400Z-260528T1600Z/
/CLKW2.1.ER.260528T0738Z.260528T1200Z.260528T1355Z.NO/
951 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATER TONIGHT TO THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WEST FORK RIVER ABOVE CLARKSBURG.
* WHEN...FROM LATER TONIGHT TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO ENTER SOME HOMES ALONG THE
LOW SECTIONS NEAR THE RIVER. LIBERTY AVENUE FLOODS. AT 15.0 FEET,
HOMES ALONG THE LOW SECTIONS OF THE RIVER ON LIBERTY AVENUE AND
ROUTE 19 FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 PM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER
TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 14.8 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 14.7
FEET ON 03/02/1997.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3935 8039 3935 8026 3918 8029 3919 8042
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