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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
241 AM EDT SUN SEP 13 2026
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DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-
241 AM EDT SUN SEP 13 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY PRIOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...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...
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 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 238 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN HAD FELL
IN THE WARNED AREA ON SATURDAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS
ONGOING. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON SATURDAY.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GLENVILLE, WEST UNION, CEDAR CREEK STATE PARK, SAND FORK, TROY,
LINN, LEOPOLD, COXS MILLS, BALDWIN, ALUM BRIDGE, GROVE, STOUTS
MILLS, AVON, CAMDEN, NEW MILTON, BLANDVILLE, SMITHBURG, TANNER,
CEDARVILLE AND NORMANTOWN.
- THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51
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 3885 8100 3891 8100 3901 8093 3907 8086
3908 8083 3910 8080 3919 8086 3928 8082
3937 8071 3915 8043 3889 8070 3875 8099
3878 8105 3882 8101
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