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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
508 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 508 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 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...
ROCK CAVE, BURNSVILLE, FLATWOODS, HEATERS, FALLS MILLS, EXCHANGE,
IRELAND, CEDARVILLE, WALKERSVILLE, CLEVELAND, KANAWHA HEAD,
NORMANTOWN, EDEN, STUMPTOWN AND MOUNT ZION.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 80.
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 3880 8104 3882 8112 3886 8114 3892 8113
3890 8104 3890 8103 3888 8091 3887 8048
3893 8049 3892 8047 3892 8041 3887 8026
3882 8024 3869 8033 3868 8038 3873 8071
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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