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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
919 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
WVC007-013-015-021-041-067-087-097-101-201830-
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BRAXTON WV-CALHOUN WV-CLAY WV-GILMER WV-LEWIS WV-NICHOLAS WV-
ROANE WV-UPSHUR WV-WEBSTER WV-
919 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...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...
SOUTHWESTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN 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...
* WHEN...UNTIL 230 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 917 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY
IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SUTTON, GASSAWAY, BIRCH RIVER, BIG OTTER, WALLBACK, HOLLY RIVER
STATE PARK, HARRISON, BURNSVILLE, FLATWOODS, FRAMETOWN, LITTLE
BIRCH, WILSIE, EXCHANGE, STRANGE CREEK, SERVIA, ROSEDALE, WIDEN,
HEATERS, CEDARVILLE AND 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.
- 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 3866 8124 3892 8071 3875 8040 3873 8039
3873 8037 3871 8033 3870 8033 3869 8032
3868 8032 3868 8031 3869 8029 3832 8089
3856 8114
SINCAVAGE
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