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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
720 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN CABELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT.
* AT 720 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES 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 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...
CHARLESTON, HUNTINGTON, NITRO, WAYNE, HAMLIN, BEECH FORK STATE
PARK, JEFFERSON, SOUTH CHARLESTON, ST. ALBANS, DUNBAR,
BARBOURSVILLE, CHESAPEAKE, MARMET, CEREDO, BELLE, CLENDENIN, CEDAR
GROVE, EAST BANK, GLASGOW, AND ALUM CREEK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 109. ROUTE
119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 80. INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 11...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 57.
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 95. INTERSTATE 79
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10.
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 3818 8227 3823 8244 3838 8257 3839 8256
3841 8200 3847 8144 3851 8128 3827 8121
3827 8123 3820 8146 3816 8177 3813 8209
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
SINCAVAGE
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