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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
833 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
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CALHOUN WV-DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-JACKSON WV-RITCHIE WV-ROANE WV-
WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
833 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...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...
* WHEN...UNTIL 200 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 832 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.8 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, WITH ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF LIGHT
RAINFALL CONTINUING TO BE POSSIBLE.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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
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