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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
142 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 745 AM EDT SUNDAY.
* AT 142 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
PARKERSBURG, ATHENS, MARIETTA, BELPRE, POMEROY, COOLVILLE, RUTLAND,
FORKED RUN STATE PARK, VIENNA, WILLIAMSTOWN, NEW HAVEN, MASON,
TUPPERS PLAINS, WASHINGTON, LUBECK, MINERALWELLS, BOAZ, MIDDLEPORT,
CHESTER AND NORTH HILLS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA NEAR MILE MARKER 151...AND BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 164 AND 186. ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 13.
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 3920 8214 3920 8213 3930 8215 3929 8185
3945 8183 3941 8143 3919 8145 3898 8169
3901 8232 3906 8232 3912 8231
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
JP
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