021  
WGUS41 KRLX 120119  
FLWRLX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
919 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026  
 
WVC011-043-079-120415-  
/O.NEW.KRLX.FA.W.0066.260812T0119Z-260812T0415Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CABELL WV-LINCOLN WV-PUTNAM WV-  
919 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT WEDNESDAY  
 
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...EAST CENTRAL CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...  
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...  
SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1215 AM EDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 914 PM EDT, AT 915 PM EDT, PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL IS CAUSING  
LARGER STREAMS TO CONTINUE TO RISE. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR  
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
HAMLIN, ALUM CREEK, SWEETLAND, GRIFFITHSVILLE, YAWKEY AND SOD.  
- 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 3839 8220 3841 8206 3837 8201 3836 8191  
3832 8192 3828 8187 3823 8187 3817 8192  
3820 8203 3825 8212 3834 8216  
 
 
 
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