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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1042 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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KANAWHA WV-
1042 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT TUESDAY
FOR NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY...
AT 1042 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. 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...
CHARLESTON, SISSONVILLE, CLENDENIN, ELKVIEW, PINCH AND COAL FORK.
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 3858 8157 3861 8152 3858 8151 3855 8147
3855 8143 3843 8127 3841 8127 3825 8136
3837 8167 3850 8172
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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