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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
932 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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BARBOUR WV-TAYLOR WV-
932 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA, TAYLOR. IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA, BARBOUR.
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL 1 AM.
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST KENTUCKY, SOUTHEAST OHIO, SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, AND WEST
VIRGINIA...
LAT...LON 3925 8042 3926 8039 3926 8018 3924 8017
3917 8022 3916 8023 3917 8042
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HARRISON WV-
932 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT TUESDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY PRIOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 929 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED LINGERING HIGH WATER
ISSUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DUE TO PRIOR HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING
IS ONGOING. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLARKSBURG, STONEWOOD, NUTTER FORT, ANMOORE, WEST MILFORD AND
LOST CREEK.
- THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 117.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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 3925 8042 3926 8039 3926 8018 3924 8017
3917 8022 3916 8023 3917 8042
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