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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
254 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
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BARBOUR WV-LEWIS WV-RANDOLPH WV-UPSHUR WV-
254 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT THIS MORNING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 845 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 245 AM EDT, FLOODING IS ONGOING DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER
THUNDERSTORMS. RIVER GAUGES INDICATE MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING
ON SAND RUN AND MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON MIDDLE FORK
TYGART VALLEY RIVER NEAR ELLAMORE.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BUCKHANNON, TALLMANSVILLE, OVERHILL, HORNER AND ELLAMORE.
- THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 33 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 5...AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 15 AND 17.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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
3886 8007 3888 8019 3890 8038 3893 8045
3895 8048 3899 8048 3901 8045
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