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WGUS41 KRLX 220557
FLWRLX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
157 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA...
TYGART VALLEY RIVER AT PHILIPPI AFFECTING BARBOUR 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.
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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 200 PM EDT.
WVC001-221800-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FL.W.0008.260722T0600Z-260723T1016Z/
/PHIW2.3.ER.260722T0600Z.260722T1800Z.260723T0416Z.NO/
157 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TYGART VALLEY RIVER AT PHILIPPI.
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 25.0 FEET, MOST AREAS ALONG THE RIVER ARE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:47 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY
THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 25.0 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 25.0
FEET ON 02/04/1932.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3921 7990 3906 8000 3907 8008 3921 8007
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