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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
604 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 604 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 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...
SUTTON, GASSAWAY, HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, FLATWOODS, CENTRALIA,
DIANA, HACKER VALLEY, FRAMETOWN, WILSIE, PICKENS, ROSEDALE,
HELVETIA AND SHOCK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
ROUTE 19 NEAR MILE MARKER 68. INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55
AND 70.
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 3872 8098 3879 8098 3869 8035 3870 8032
3875 8029 3873 8020 3870 8017 3857 8019
3857 8066 3865 8097
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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