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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
714 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* 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 900 AM EDT.
* AT 714 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR 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...
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.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3904 8162 3920 8143 3918 8077 3892 8073
3867 8124 3897 8170
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
SINCAVAGE
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