433  
WGUS61 KRLX 120558  
FFARLX  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
158 AM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026  
 
WVZ033-034-515>522-525-526-121400-  
/O.EXA.KRLX.FA.A.0016.260912T1600Z-260913T0500Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
MCDOWELL-WYOMING-NORTHWEST RALEIGH-SOUTHEAST RALEIGH-NORTHWEST  
FAYETTE-SOUTHEAST FAYETTE-NORTHWEST NICHOLAS-SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS-  
NORTHWEST WEBSTER-SOUTHEAST WEBSTER-NORTHWEST RANDOLPH-SOUTHEAST  
RANDOLPH-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, PINEVILLE, RICHWOOD,  
SOPHIA, OAK HILL, WEBSTER SPRINGS, GARY, MEADOW BRIDGE, COWEN,  
CRAIGSVILLE, OCEANA, WELCH, PROSPERITY, HARMAN, FAYETTEVILLE,  
MONTGOMERY, BECKLEY, BIRCH RIVER, MULLENS, ELKINS, WAR, BRADLEY, AND  
SUMMERSVILLE  
158 AM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST, SOUTHEAST, AND SOUTHERN WEST  
VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN NORTHEAST WEST  
VIRGINIA, NORTHWEST RANDOLPH, NORTHWEST WEBSTER, SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH  
AND SOUTHEAST WEBSTER. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA, NORTHWEST  
FAYETTE, NORTHWEST NICHOLAS, NORTHWEST RALEIGH, SOUTHEAST FAYETTE,  
SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS AND SOUTHEAST RALEIGH. IN SOUTHERN WEST  
VIRGINIA, MCDOWELL AND WYOMING.  
 
* WHEN...FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ANTICIPATED TO  
AFFECT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX AS  
WELL AS ON OUR X AND FACEBOOK PAGES.  
 
 
 
 
 
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-013>020-024>032-  
039-040-121400-  
/O.CON.KRLX.FA.A.0016.260912T1600Z-260913T0500Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-  
JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-WAYNE-CABELL-MASON-  
JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-WIRT-  
CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-  
LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CLAY, STOCKPORT, YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK,  
RIPLEY, GASSAWAY, PADEN CITY, GRAFTON, ASHLAND, LAKE VESUVIUS,  
SPENCER, PENNSBORO, SOMERSET, WESTON, ELIZABETH, BURNSVILLE, GRAYSON  
LAKE STATE PARK, LOGAN, RUSSELL, OAK HILL, GALLIPOLIS, IRONTON,  
VIENNA, BRIDGEPORT, BUCKHANNON, CLARKSBURG, POINT PLEASANT, MAN,  
MADISON, LOUISA, MARIETTA, CANNONSBURG, GLENVILLE, TEAYS VALLEY,  
BELINGTON, CROOKSVILLE, FLATWOODS, BELMONT, SOUTH CHARLESTON, HAMDEN,  
RACELAND, CHAPMANVILLE, HARTS,  
KENOVA, ST. MARYS, WEST UNION, BELPRE, CHARLESTON, OLIVE HILL,  
SAINT ALBANS, MCARTHUR, GRAYSON, MCCONNELSVILLE, ALUM CREEK,  
GRANTSVILLE, PHILIPPI, CEREDO, HAMLIN, ATHENS, RAVENSWOOD, HURRICANE,  
CARTER CAVES STATE PARK, SOUTH POINT, SUTTON, POMEROY, WAYNE,  
MIDDLEBOURNE, WILLIAMSON, HUNTINGTON, NEW LEXINGTON, PARKERSBURG, NEW  
HAVEN, WELLSTON, HARRISVILLE, SISTERSVILLE, AND JACKSON  
158 AM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026  
 
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE  
TONIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, BOYD, CARTER, GREENUP AND LAWRENCE, SOUTHEAST OHIO,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, ATHENS, GALLIA, JACKSON OH,  
LAWRENCE OH, MEIGS, MORGAN, PERRY, VINTON AND WASHINGTON, AND WEST  
VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BARBOUR, BOONE,  
BRAXTON, CABELL, CALHOUN, CLAY, DODDRIDGE, GILMER, HARRISON,  
JACKSON WV, KANAWHA, LEWIS, LINCOLN, LOGAN, MASON, MINGO,  
PLEASANTS, PUTNAM, RITCHIE, ROANE, TAYLOR, TYLER, UPSHUR, WAYNE,  
WIRT AND WOOD.  
 
* WHEN...FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST  
TO AFFECT THE WATCH AREA, ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND  
NIGHT.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX AS  
WELL AS ON OUR X AND FACEBOOK PAGES.  
 
 
 
 
 
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