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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
841 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL NOON EDT.
* AT 841 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* 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
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
JP
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