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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
458 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 458 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...
SUMMERSVILLE, RICHWOOD, CLAY, ANSTED, CRAIGSVILLE, GLEN, DRENNAN,
KESSLERS CROSS LANES, MOUNT NEBO, MUDDLETY, CANVAS, SWISS,
BICKMORE, WIDEN, INDORE, CALVIN, BENTREE, NETTIE AND POND GAP.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 53.
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 3847 8085 3826 8045 3808 8071 3810 8088
3808 8089 3805 8084 3806 8080 3803 8083
3803 8080 3800 8079 3829 8141 3848 8131
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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