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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
548 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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BARBOUR WV-DODDRIDGE WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-TAYLOR WV-UPSHUR WV-
548 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...NORTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 548 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN STONEWOOD, LOST CREEK, NUTTER FORT. BETWEEN 1
AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLARKSBURG, PHILIPPI, AUDRA STATE PARK, BRIDGEPORT, STONEWOOD,
NUTTER FORT, SALEM, ANMOORE, JACKSON MILL, WEST MILFORD, LOST
CREEK, JANE LEW, FLEMINGTON, DESPARD, CENTURY, HODGESVILLE,
ROSEMONT, WOLF SUMMIT, VOLGA AND GALLOWAY.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 102 AND 122. ROUTE 50 IN WEST
VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 82.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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 3911 8081 3915 8066 3933 8051 3931 8018
3919 7993 3902 8007 3908 8058 3910 8070
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