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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1100 AM EDT SAT JUL 11 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT.
* AT 1100 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE SHOWERS ARE 3 TO 6
INCHES PER 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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, WAR, BRADSHAW, IAEGER, JOLO, AVONDALE, PANTHER, COALWOOD,
STACY, CUCUMBER, HURLEY, ROSEANN AND ELBERT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CUCUMBER CREEK, BILL YOUNG BRANCH, MIDDLE FORK BRADSHAW CREEK,
PAWPAW CREEK, LEFT FORK SLATE CREEK, MIDDLE FORK SPRUCE PINE CREEK,
LITTLE HORSEPEN CREEK, LOONEY CREEK, HOME CREEK, SLATE CREEK, GUESS
FORK, LEFT FORK CRANE CREEK, MIDDLE FORK PANTHER CREEK, BARRENSHE
CREEK, KEWEE CREEK, HITE FORK, BRUSHY FORK, LAUREL FORK, SOUTH FORK
TUG FORK, SANDLICK CREEK, SPICE CREEK, LEFT FORK SANDLICK CREEK,
HURRICANE BRANCH, LEFT FORK HOME CREEK, HORSEPEN CREEK, LESTER
FORK, HARMAN BRANCH, LINN CAMP BRANCH, BIG BUTT BRANCH, TUG FORK
RIVER, BRADSHAW CREEK, HUNTS FORK, BEARTOWN BRANCH, DISMAL CREEK,
HARMON BRANCH, LONGPOLE CREEK, TUG FORK, CLEAR FORK, LEFT FORK BULL
CREEK, PANTHER CREEK, LONG BRANCH, BIG CREEK, LEFT FORK PAWPAW
CREEK, BUCK FORK, JOHNS BRANCH, DRY FORK, BARTLEY CREEK, HORSE
CREEK, ELKINS BRANCH, BETSY BRANCH, BEECH FORK, LITTLE SLATE CREEK,
CRANE CREEK, BULL CREEK, JACOBS FORK, LEVISA FORK, SPRUCE PINE
CREEK, JACKS CREEK, KNOX CREEK, TRACE FORK, LAUREL BRANCH, BLACKEY
FORK, BRUSHYTOP FORK, ROCKLICK CREEK, MIDDLE FORK BIG CREEK, SOUTH
FORK TUG FORK RIVER, BIG BRANCH, STRAIGHT FORK AND RIGHT FORK
STRAIGHT FORK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3752 8192 3731 8145 3727 8143 3726 8150
3723 8151 3721 8156 3720 8168 3724 8172
3724 8174 3721 8176 3726 8181 3738 8220
3754 8197 3751 8194
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...3-6 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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