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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
116 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
WVC005-019-039-081-170045-
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BOONE WV-FAYETTE WV-KANAWHA WV-RALEIGH WV-
116 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT THIS EVENING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...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...
* WHEN...UNTIL 845 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 114 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN HAD
FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS
ONGOING. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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.
- 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 3808 8175 3822 8168 3833 8150 3812 8102
3792 8106 3795 8141
JP
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