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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
415 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
TYLER COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 415 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 2.5
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
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...
ST. MARYS, MIDDLEBOURNE, PADEN CITY, SISTERSVILLE, MATAMORAS,
LOWELL, MACKSBURG, FRIENDLY, LOWER SALEM, NEW MATAMORAS, POINT
LOOKOUT, ARVILLA, WICK, MOUNTAIN, ALMA, LIMA AND DEVOLA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 17.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3950 8154 3958 8149 3958 8147 3965 8147
3965 8145 3960 8139 3961 8126 3958 8126
3957 8104 3954 8104 3961 8094 3958 8089
3960 8085 3955 8082 3955 8078 3948 8072
3945 8062 3943 8071 3940 8073 3932 8086
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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