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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
344 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 745 AM EDT.
* AT 344 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
SPENCER, GLENVILLE, ELIZABETH, GRANTSVILLE, ARNOLDSBURG, CEDAR
CREEK STATE PARK, REEDY, SAND FORK, PULLMAN, AUBURN, MUNDAY,
ANNAMORIAH, BROHARD, CRESTON, MACFARLAN, BIG SPRINGS, MOUNT ZION,
SMITHVILLE, CHERRY AND MILLSTONE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA NEAR MILE MARKER 150...
AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 152 AND 163.
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.
LAT...LON 3904 8162 3920 8143 3918 8077 3892 8073
3867 8124 3897 8170
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
JP
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