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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1228 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
WVC005-019-039-081-170130-
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BOONE WV-FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-RALEIGH WV-
1228 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT THIS EVENING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 930 PM EDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1227 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MULTIPLE ROAD
CLOSURES DUE TO HEAVY RAIN IN THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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 3808 8175 3796 8141 3790 8130 3789 8130
3789 8128 3772 8097 3766 8103 3764 8107
3762 8107 3798 8181
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