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WGUS41 KRLX 220245
FLWRLX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1045 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA...
BUCKHANNON RIVER NEAR BUCKHANNON AFFECTING UPSHUR COUNTY.
FOR THE TYGART VALLEY RIVER...MAJOR 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 1045 AM EDT.
WVC097-221445-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FL.W.0005.260722T0245Z-260722T1800Z/
/BKNW2.3.ER.260722T0224Z.260722T0600Z.260722T1200Z.NO/
1045 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BUCKHANNON RIVER NEAR BUCKHANNON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 24.0 FEET, PORTIONS OF CLEVELAND AVE AND WOOD ST
FLOOD. SECTIONS OF RTE 20 SOUTH AND NORTH OF TOWN BEGIN TO FLOOD.
AT 25.0 FEET, SEVERAL STREETS, HOMES, AND BUSINESSES ALONG THE
RIVER FLOOD. AT 26.0 FEET, MAJOR FLOODING IN BUCKHANNON AND
SURROUNDING AREAS. BUSINESS/FACTORY ACROSS FROM THE HALL RD BRIDGE
NEAR THE GAGE BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:20 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 26.2 FEET
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 26.0
FEET ON 03/05/2015.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3904 8020 3903 8012 3892 8020 3894 8028
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