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WGUS71 KRLX 161217
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
817 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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BOONE WV-FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-RALEIGH WV-
817 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BOONE, SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA, WESTERN FAYETTE
AND NORTH CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTIES...
AT 817 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. 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...
FAYETTEVILLE, OAK HILL, MONTGOMERY, CHESAPEAKE, MARMET, ANSTED,
BELLE, CEDAR GROVE, EAST BANK, GLASGOW, SMITHERS, GAULEY BRIDGE,
PRATT, BURNWELL, POWELLTON, HAWKS NEST STATE PARK, COAL FORK,
HANDLEY, SYLVESTER AND THURMOND.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 16...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18
AND 23. WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 92.
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 3833 8150 3812 8102 3792 8106 3795 8141
3808 8175 3822 8168
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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