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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
405 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 405 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES 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 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
CLAY, SISSONVILLE, CLENDENIN, AMMA, WALLBACK, BIG OTTER, HARRISON,
LEFT HAND, PROCIOUS, IVYDALE, SERVIA AND STRANGE CREEK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 121.
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 12 AND 51.
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 3862 8165 3863 8109 3862 8108 3861 8108
3863 8107 3863 8085 3852 8086 3851 8088
3850 8088 3850 8086 3847 8086 3848 8164
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
JP
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