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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
413 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.
* AT 413 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS 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...
CHARLESTON, NITRO, WINFIELD, JEFFERSON, SOUTH CHARLESTON, ST.
ALBANS, DUNBAR, SISSONVILLE, ELEANOR, POCA, INSTITUTE, CROSS LANES,
COAL FORK, PINCH, ELKVIEW, TORNADO, TEAYS VALLEY AND BANCROFT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 111. ROUTE
119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 80. INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND 57. WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 93 AND 95. INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11.
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 3855 8192 3848 8164 3847 8132 3827 8143
3835 8200
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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