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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
440 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 845 AM EDT.
* AT 440 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 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...
SUTTON, GASSAWAY, BIRCH RIVER, WALLBACK, HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK,
FLATWOODS, CENTRALIA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 61...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64
AND 66...AND NEAR MILE MARKER 68. INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
34 AND 80.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3856 8114 3866 8124 3892 8071 3875 8040
3873 8039 3873 8037 3871 8033 3870 8033
3869 8032 3868 8032 3868 8031 3869 8029
3832 8089
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
JP
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