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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
502 AM EDT SUN SEP 13 2026
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BRAXTON WV-GILMER WV-LEWIS WV-
502 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...NORTHEASTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL 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 500 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN HAD FELL ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA ON SATURDAY, RANGING ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES.
LINGERING HIGH WATER IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED
AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WESTON, STONEWALL JACKSON, BURNSVILLE, SAND RUN, WALKERSVILLE AND
HORNER.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 100. ROUTE 33 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6.
- 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 3892 8066 3906 8051 3904 8036 3900 8033
3897 8032 3895 8033 3894 8035 3894 8034
3890 8036 3878 8057 3879 8069 3881 8081
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