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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
255 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN TYLER COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
* AT 255 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS 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...
CLARKSBURG, BRIDGEPORT, STONEWOOD, NUTTER FORT, SALEM, PENNSBORO,
LUMBERPORT, WEST UNION, ANMOORE, CANTON, CENTER POINT, SMITHBURG,
SEDALIA, WOLF SUMMIT, MOUNTAIN, WICK, HEBRON, MEADOWBROOK AND
DESPARD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 121. ROUTE 50 IN WEST
VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 82.
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 3933 8105 3939 8110 3944 8099 3943 8089
3941 8078 3937 8034 3938 8026 3927 8027
3924 8035 3924 8052 3929 8102
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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