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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
639 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BOYD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENUP COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHERN CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 639 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES 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...
HUNTINGTON, ASHLAND, IRONTON, COAL GROVE, CHESAPEAKE, PROCTORVILLE,
BEECH FORK STATE PARK, CANNONSBURG, BARBOURSVILLE, KENOVA,
CATLETTSBURG, CEREDO, FLATWOODS, SOUTH POINT, RUSSELL, AND
WESTWOOD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 20.
INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 187 AND 191.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS
AROUND HUNTINGTON. THE HIGHEST THREAT AREAS FOR FLOODING ARE THE
RAILROAD VIADUCTS AT 1ST, 8TH, 10TH, 16TH AND 20TH STREETS. IN
ADDITION, THE RAILROAD VIADUCT AT 14TH STREET WEST MAY FLOOD.
FLOODING MAY ALSO BE OCCURRING ALONG 5TH AVENUE BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH
STREETS.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3841 8279 3841 8280 3852 8271 3846 8244
3839 8211 3825 8223 3837 8267
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
30
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