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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
611 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.
* AT 611 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM EARLIER STORMS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING INTO THE AREA PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
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, TALLMANSVILLE, OVERHILL, FRENCH CREEK, ELLAMORE AND
HORNER.
CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT MAY HAVE RECEDED WITHIN THERE BANKS ARE
EXPECTED TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AGAIN.
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 3901 8038 3898 8009 3897 8006 3897 8007
3896 8006 3895 8009 3895 8008 3896 8002
3892 7998 3888 8000 3884 8008 3885 8019
3890 8038 3893 8045 3895 8048 3899 8048
3901 8045
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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