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WGUS41 KRLX 111921
FLWRLX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
321 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
WVC015-019-039-043-053-067-079-087-112215-
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CLAY WV-FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-LINCOLN WV-MASON WV-NICHOLAS WV-
PUTNAM WV-ROANE WV-
321 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT THIS EVENING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 615 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 319 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AREA RAIN GAUGES INDICATE
BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING.
EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SINCE ENDED, CONTINUED RUNOFF WILL
RESULT IN PROLONGED FLOODING IN THE AREA, PARTICULARLY FOR LOW
SECTIONS OF ROADS ADJACENT TO CREEKS.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARLESTON, NITRO, WINFIELD, CLAY, JEFFERSON, SOUTH CHARLESTON,
ST. ALBANS, DUNBAR, HURRICANE, SISSONVILLE, ELEANOR, BUFFALO,
CLENDENIN, POCA, ELKVIEW, PINCH, COAL FORK, INSTITUTE, CROSS
LANES AND GLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 115.
ROUTE 119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 80. INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST
VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 57. WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 95. INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 14...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 34.
- 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 3834 8191 3835 8194 3843 8205 3857 8206
3862 8203 3867 8189 3853 8162 3849 8141
3862 8133 3862 8129 3858 8114 3849 8096
3838 8093 3823 8119 3824 8119 3826 8123
3823 8127 3823 8140 3829 8174
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