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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1017 PM EDT MON JUL 6 2026
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BUCHANAN VA-MCDOWELL WV-
1017 PM EDT MON JUL 6 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL BUCHANAN AND SOUTHEASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTIES...
AT 1017 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
GARY, ANAWALT, CUCUMBER, AND JENKINJONES.
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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3718 8187 3723 8181 3731 8164 3734 8137
3732 8137 3731 8140 3727 8142 3727 8145
3725 8148 3726 8150 3723 8151 3721 8155
3720 8168 3724 8173 3720 8176 3717 8187
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
SINCAVAGE
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