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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
927 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT.
* AT 927 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...
CAMDEN-ON-GAULEY, CAMDEN ON GAULEY, CRAIGSVILLE, COWEN, UPPER
GLADE, BOGGS AND SLATY FORK.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 56.
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 8066 3844 8013 3831 8012 3833 8058
3847 8084 3848 8082
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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