327  
WGUS51 KRLX 180248  
FFWRLX  
WVC045-109-180545-  
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0183.260818T0248Z-260818T0545Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
1048 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 1048 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH 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...  
PINEVILLE, OCEANA, MAN, AMHERSTDALE-ROBINETTE, MALLORY, CLEAR FORK,  
COAL MOUNTAIN, BAILEYSVILLE, CYCLONE AND WOLF PEN.  
 
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 3775 8192 3779 8170 3765 8146 3750 8154  
3756 8171 3764 8180 3766 8180 3766 8182  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
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