085  
WGUS41 KRLX 162149  
FLWRLX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
549 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
WVC001-083-170015-  
/O.EXT.KRLX.FA.W.0078.000000T0000Z-260817T0015Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
BARBOUR WV-RANDOLPH WV-  
549 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST  
VIRGINIA...  
NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN 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.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 549 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO  
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY  
IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS  
EXPECTED.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
PHILIPPI, BELINGTON, MONTROSE, HARMAN, KERENS, NESTORVILLE AND  
DRYFORK.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3904 8005 3920 7992 3917 7983 3913 7984  
3909 7978 3906 7977 3904 7978 3904 7979  
3897 7950 3898 7943 3896 7935 3892 7938  
3893 7945 3890 7945  
 

 
 
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