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WGUS41 KRLX 280554
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
154 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA...
LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER AT GLENVILLE AFFECTING GILMER COUNTY.
FOR THE LITTLE KANAWHA 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 THIS MORNING AT 1100 AM EDT.
WVC021-281500-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FL.W.0003.260528T0737Z-260528T1500Z/
/GLEW2.1.ER.260528T0737Z.260528T1200Z.260528T1238Z.NO/
154 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER AT GLENVILLE.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS LATE MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.0 FEET, LOW SPOTS ON BROOKLYN DRIVE, ELM STREET,
AND RIVER STREET FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:45 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY
THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 23.5 FEET LATER THIS MORNING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 23.6
FEET ON 03/31/1940.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3898 8089 3892 8064 3887 8072 3888 8091
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