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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
241 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL TYLER COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.
* AT 241 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN 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...
SHINNSTON, LUMBERPORT, ENTERPRISE, WALLACE AND LIMA.
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 3941 8079 3949 8083 3950 8074 3948 8072
3947 8069 3948 8067 3946 8067 3947 8065
3944 8060 3945 8058 3943 8058 3944 8056
3943 8054 3943 8052 3946 8051 3947 8049
3943 8026 3938 8028 3936 8033
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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