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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
337 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 337 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
GASSAWAY, CEDAR CREEK STATE PARK, ARNOLDSBURG, BURNSVILLE,
FLATWOODS, SHOCK, NORMANTOWN, ROSEDALE, CEDARVILLE, STUMPTOWN,
NICUT, EXCHANGE, MILLSTONE, ORMA, MOUNT ZION AND HEATERS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 81.
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 3879 8122 3891 8121 3889 8060 3867 8061
3871 8122
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
JP
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