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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
701 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BOYD COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
CARTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN GREENUP COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.
* AT 701 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. 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...
HUNTINGTON, ASHLAND, IRONTON, GRAYSON, COAL GROVE, OLIVE HILL,
WAYNE, CANNONSBURG, GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, CARTER CAVES STATE
PARK, KENOVA, CATLETTSBURG, CEREDO, RUSH, COALTON, PRINCESS,
DENTON, NAPLES, OLDTOWN AND GREENBO LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4.
INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 191.
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 3850 8317 3852 8315 3853 8315 3853 8312
3855 8311 3852 8257 3816 8242 3817 8292
3833 8325 3834 8323 3836 8324 3836 8323
3838 8323 3843 8324 3844 8321 3845 8321
3845 8320 3846 8320 3847 8319 3850 8319
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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