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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1008 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 115 AM EDT.
* AT 1008 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS
REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND FLOODING ADJACENT ROADS.
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...
WESTON, HARRISVILLE, GLENVILLE, NORTH BEND STATE PARK, STONEWALL
JACKSON, ELLENBORO, CAIRO, SAND FORK, PULLMAN, AUBURN, COXS MILLS,
NEWBERNE, TROY, TANNER, LINN, BALDWIN, BURNT HOUSE, STOUTS MILLS,
ALUM BRIDGE AND SMITHVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 96. ROUTE 50 IN WEST
VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 36.
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 3904 8114 3910 8122 3928 8115 3923 8092
3914 8095 3907 8079 3904 8047 3884 8044
3890 8081 3897 8101 3898 8103 3901 8104
3901 8103 3902 8109 3904 8112
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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