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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
650 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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WASHINGTON OH-DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-
TYLER WV-
650 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
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...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1245 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IT WILL TAKE
SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH
LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 649 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING. BETWEEN 1.5
AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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.
- 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 3939 8123 3939 8122 3940 8121 3945 8113
3950 8109 3956 8102 3957 8100 3956 8093
3942 8066 3933 8051 3915 8066 3912 8081
3938 8124
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