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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
114 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
WVC019-081-170215-
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FAYETTE WV-RALEIGH WV-
114 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT THIS EVENING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1015 PM EDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. WATER WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK ITS WAY DOWN THE DRAINAGES WITH CONTINUING HIGH
WATER IMPACTS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 110 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN HAD
FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. BETWEEN 2 AND 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BABCOCK STATE PARK, MOUNT HOPE, PINEY VIEW, STANAFORD, BRADLEY,
PROSPERITY, MEADOW BRIDGE, PAX AND ARTIE.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7...AND NEAR MILE MARKER 25.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 137.
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 56.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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.
LAT...LON 3792 8107 3812 8101 3804 8083 3802 8080
3799 8079 3799 8077 3795 8081 3787 8075
3787 8081 3782 8094 3777 8089 3774 8092
3773 8090 3769 8088 3767 8090 3769 8090
3770 8091 3772 8095 3771 8098 3795 8142
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