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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
417 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
TYLER COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 715 AM EDT.
* AT 417 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ST. MARYS, MIDDLEBOURNE, SALEM, SISTERSVILLE, PENNSBORO, WEST
UNION, MATAMORAS, ELLENBORO, FRIENDLY, MOUNTAIN, ALMA, GREENWOOD,
WICK, CANTON, SMITHBURG, LIMA, HEBRON, BLANDVILLE, HIGHLAND AND NEW
MILTON.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND
66.
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3938 8124 3939 8122 3940 8121 3945 8113
3950 8109 3957 8100 3956 8093 3942 8066
3933 8051 3915 8066 3912 8081
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
JP
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