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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1049 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026
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CALHOUN WV-DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-RITCHIE WV-
ROANE WV-
1049 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SUNDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY PRIOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...EAST CENTRAL ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SOME ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1045 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN HAD FELL
IN THE WARNED AREA FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER TODAY. FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL EARLIER TODAY.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GLENVILLE, GRANTSVILLE, WEST UNION, CEDAR CREEK STATE PARK,
ARNOLDSBURG, SAND FORK, PULLMAN, AUBURN, COXS MILLS, NEWBERNE,
TROY, BALDWIN, LINN, TANNER, LEOPOLD, GROVE, BEREA, BURNT HOUSE,
STOUTS MILLS AND ALUM BRIDGE.
- THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48
AND 62.
- 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 3879 8122 3888 8113 3925 8091 3937 8071
3915 8043 3889 8070 3876 8096 3868 8116
3875 8125
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