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WGUS71 KRLX 180127
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
927 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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MEIGS OH-JACKSON WV-ROANE WV-
927 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS, WEST CENTRAL ROANE AND JACKSON
COUNTIES...
AT 927 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HIGH WATER ACROSS
SEVERAL ROADS IN THE WARNED AREA FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WITH PRIOR
THUNDERSTORMS. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLOODING
IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY PRIOR 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...
RIPLEY, RAVENSWOOD, SANDYVILLE, KENNA, FAIRPLAIN, EVANS, GIVEN,
STATTS MILLS, COTTAGEVILLE, GAY, PORTLAND AND MOUNT ALTO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124
AND 150.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3898 8190 3902 8174 3881 8146 3869 8147
3865 8167 3866 8172 3889 8190
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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