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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
428 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* AT 428 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 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...
GLENVILLE, GRANTSVILLE, CEDAR CREEK STATE PARK, BURNSVILLE, SAND
FORK, AUBURN, COXS MILLS, NEWBERNE, TROY, TANNER, BALDWIN, LINN,
STOUTS MILLS, BURNT HOUSE, LEOPOLD, ALUM BRIDGE, BIG SPRINGS,
SMITHVILLE, SAND RUN AND CAMDEN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 94.
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 3894 8127 3895 8130 3904 8123 3908 8116
3914 8078 3910 8050 3887 8048 3886 8078
3888 8102
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
04
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