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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
524 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2026
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BRAXTON WV-LEWIS WV-RANDOLPH WV-UPSHUR WV-WEBSTER WV-
524 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BRAXTON, WESTERN RANDOLPH, SOUTHWESTERN
UPSHUR, NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTIES...
AT 524 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 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...
HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, HACKER VALLEY, CLEVELAND, EDEN, KANAWHA
HEAD, DIANA AND CENTRALIA.
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3860 8056 3862 8062 3883 8044 3876 8018
3875 8018 3853 8031
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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