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WGUS41 KRLX 220131
FLWRLX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
931 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST FORK RIVER AT WESTON AFFECTING HARRISON AND LEWIS COUNTIES.
FOR THE WEST FORK RIVER...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 945 AM EDT.
WVC033-041-221345-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FL.W.0004.260722T0131Z-260722T2100Z/
/WTNW2.1.ER.260721T2351Z.260722T0600Z.260722T1522Z.NO/
931 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WEST FORK RIVER AT WESTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, LOWER PORTIONS OF THE RAILROAD BRIDGE, 0.8
MILES DOWNSTREAM FROM THE RIVER GAGE BEGIN TO FLOOD. AT 20.1 FEET,
WATER IS OVER RIVER AVENUE, ABOUT 200-400 FEET DOWNSTREAM FROM THE
RIVER GAGE. SOME HOMES ARE ALSO FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:45 PM EDT TUESDAY WAS 18.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 21.0 FEET
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
LATE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 20.8
FEET ON 11/19/2003.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3912 8048 3911 8042 3900 8045 3901 8051
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