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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1114 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 200 PM EDT.
* AT 1114 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2
AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE,
BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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...OBSERVED
JP
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