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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1159 PM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 330 AM EDT.
* AT 1159 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING FROM HEAVY
RAIN IN EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS. BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
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...
BUCKHANNON, TALLMANSVILLE, OVERHILL, FRENCH CREEK, ELLAMORE AND
HORNER.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 33 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 5...AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 15 AND 17.
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 3901 8038 3898 8009 3897 8006 3897 8007
3896 8006 3895 8009 3895 8008 3896 8002
3892 7998 3888 8000 3884 8008 3885 8019
3890 8038 3893 8045 3895 8048 3899 8048
3901 8045
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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