835
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
450 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* AT 450 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. 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...
MARIETTA, ST. MARYS, WILLIAMSTOWN, PENNSBORO, BELMONT, BOAZ,
NEWPORT, ELLENBORO, WILLOW ISLAND, SCHULTZ, WAVERLY, MAXWELL,
DEVOLA, PIKE, HIGHLAND AND HEBRON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 184 AND 186.
INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5. ROUTE 50 IN WEST
VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 45.
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 3941 8167 3953 8165 3951 8155 3936 8101
3934 8100 3935 8098 3934 8096 3935 8095
3933 8089 3930 8089 3927 8091 3925 8090
3922 8093
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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