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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
719 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 930 AM EDT.
* AT 719 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
CLARKSBURG, PHILIPPI, AUDRA STATE PARK, BRIDGEPORT, STONEWOOD,
NUTTER FORT, SALEM, ANMOORE, JACKSON MILL, WEST MILFORD, LOST
CREEK, JANE LEW, FLEMINGTON, DESPARD, CENTURY, HODGESVILLE,
ROSEMONT, WOLF SUMMIT, VOLGA AND GALLOWAY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 102 AND 122. ROUTE 50 IN WEST
VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 82.
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 3910 8070 3911 8081 3915 8066 3933 8051
3931 8018 3919 7993 3902 8007 3908 8058
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
JP
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