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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
407 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 407 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH 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, PHILIPPI, STONEWOOD, NUTTER FORT, ANMOORE, WEST
MILFORD, LOST CREEK, GALLOWAY AND MOATSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 117.
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 3916 8023 3917 8042 3925 8042 3926 8039
3926 8001 3924 7996 3915 8003
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
04
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