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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
624 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.
* AT 624 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAD NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HIGH
WATER FROM ACROSS THE AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
EARLIER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
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, GRAFTON, BRIDGEPORT, SHINNSTON, STONEWOOD, ANMOORE,
ENTERPRISE, FLEMINGTON, MCGEE, MEADLAND, ROSEMONT, TYGART LAKE
STATE PARK, KNOTTSVILLE, THORNTON AND DESPARD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 128. ROUTE 50 IN WEST
VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 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 3939 8020 3940 8012 3941 8011 3939 8009
3940 8002 3942 8001 3943 7998 3939 7993
3927 7989 3924 8002 3924 8031 3944 8030
3943 8029 3944 8029 3944 8028
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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