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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
540 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2026
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BARBOUR WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-RANDOLPH WV-UPSHUR WV-
540 AM EDT TUE JUL 7 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN BARBOUR, NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH, UPSHUR,
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON AND EASTERN LEWIS COUNTIES...
AT 540 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 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...
BUCKHANNON, WESTON, PHILIPPI, AUDRA STATE PARK, BELINGTON, ROCK
CAVE, STONEWALL JACKSON, JUNIOR, LOST CREEK, JANE LEW, WOMELSDORF
(COALTON), MONTROSE, OVERHILL, TALLMANSVILLE, HODGESVILLE,
ELLAMORE, VOLGA, CENTURY AND LORENTZ.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 113. ROUTE 33 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 7...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 17...AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 31 AND 35.
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG GUM AND BOGGESS STREETS IN
BUCKHANNON. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN TRAVELING THIS MORNING.
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 3913 8041 3915 8037 3915 8036 3916 8037
3923 8028 3911 7993 3906 7978 3905 7978
3871 8004 3883 8043 3889 8056
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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