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WGUS41 KRLX 161654
FLWRLX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1254 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST FORK RIVER ABOVE CLARKSBURG AFFECTING HARRISON COUNTY.
FOR THE WEST FORK RIVER...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 100 AM EDT.
WVC033-170500-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FL.W.0012.260817T0454Z-260817T1900Z/
/CLKW2.1.ER.260817T0454Z.260817T0600Z.260817T1242Z.NO/
1254 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...WEST FORK RIVER ABOVE CLARKSBURG.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS OCCURS
ALONG THE RIVER. AT 14.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS TO ENTER SOME HOMES
ALONG THE LOW SECTIONS NEAR THE RIVER. LIBERTY AVENUE FLOODS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:15 PM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 14.2 FEET JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 14.2
FEET ON 02/10/1990.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3935 8039 3935 8026 3918 8029 3919 8042
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