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WGUS81 KRLX 120146
FLSRLX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
946 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2026
VAC027-WVC047-059-120245-
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BUCHANAN VA-MCDOWELL WV-MINGO WV-
946 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN MINGO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 943 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND
3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED
THAT HIGH WATERS HAD RECEDED BY AS MUCH AS SIX INCHES, ALTHOUGH
SOME ROAD CLOSURES REMAINED.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GARY, WAR, BRADSHAW, IAEGER, JOLO, AVONDALE, PANTHER, COALWOOD,
STACY, CUCUMBER, HURLEY, ROSEANN AND ELBERT.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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 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
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