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WGUS41 KRLX 220009
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
809 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
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WASHINGTON OH-DODDRIDGE WV-PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-TYLER WV-
809 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
TYLER COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 200 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IT WILL TAKE
SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH
LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 806 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY
IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
CONTINUED RUNOFF WILL LEAD TO STRONG RISES ON THE LARGER CREEKS
IN THE AREA THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES DUCK CREEK WHICH IS
CRESTING IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE AT MACKSBURG.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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.
- 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 3958 8149 3958 8147 3965 8147 3965 8145
3959 8136 3961 8128 3961 8126 3958 8126
3957 8104 3954 8104 3961 8094 3958 8089
3960 8085 3955 8082 3955 8078 3948 8072
3945 8062 3943 8071 3932 8086 3950 8154
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