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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
344 AM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
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JACKSON WV-
344 AM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 900 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW
MOVING OR STANDING WATER. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE
WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 343 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RIPLEY AND EVANS.
- THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
133 AND 140.
- 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 3879 8182 3885 8176 3888 8168 3888 8156
3887 8153 3884 8156 3871 8179 3872 8180
3874 8178 3878 8183
JP
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