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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1211 AM EDT WED AUG 12 2026
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CABELL WV-LINCOLN WV-PUTNAM WV-
1211 AM EDT WED AUG 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* 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 315 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1211 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY
IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAMLIN, CULLODEN, 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 3834 8216 3839 8220 3841 8206 3837 8201
3836 8191 3832 8192 3828 8187 3823 8187
3817 8192 3820 8203 3825 8212
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