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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
859 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.
* AT 859 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES 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...
BECKLEY, MABSCOTT, SOPHIA, DRY CREEK, PROSPERITY, BRADLEY, CRAB
ORCHARD, MACARTHUR, STANAFORD, COAL CITY, BEAVER, DANIELS, SHADY
SPRING, VAN, WHITESVILLE, LESTER, SYLVESTER, ARNETT, ARTIE AND GLEN
DANIEL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
ROUTE 19 NEAR MILE MARKER 1. INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 120 AND 128. WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
31 AND 52.
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 3798 8181 3808 8175 3796 8141 3790 8130
3789 8130 3789 8128 3772 8097 3766 8103
3764 8107 3762 8107
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
JP
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