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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1118 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BARBOUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 215 AM EDT.
* AT 1118 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
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...
CLARKSBURG, PHILIPPI, BRIDGEPORT, STONEWOOD, NUTTER FORT, SALEM,
ANMOORE, WEST MILFORD, LOST CREEK, MONTROSE, GALLOWAY, MOATSVILLE,
WOLF SUMMIT, NESTORVILLE AND NEW MILTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 118. ROUTE 50 IN WEST
VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 75.
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 3927 8028 3924 7981 3922 7981 3920 7983
3919 7982 3913 7984 3912 7983 3911 7980
3909 7978 3906 7977 3904 7979 3903 7977
3914 8024 3922 8069 3932 8070
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
JP
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