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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1252 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
WVC007-013-021-041-085-221030-
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BRAXTON WV-CALHOUN WV-GILMER WV-LEWIS WV-RITCHIE WV-
1252 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT THIS MORNING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...NORTHEASTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN 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...
* WHEN...UNTIL 630 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1251 AM EDT, FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA
DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 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 3904 8114
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