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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
954 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
WVC005-011-015-039-043-067-079-099-201830-
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BOONE WV-CABELL WV-CLAY WV-KANAWHA WV-LINCOLN WV-NICHOLAS WV-
PUTNAM WV-WAYNE WV-
954 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...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...
WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN 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 953 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 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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.
- 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 3818 8227 3823 8244 3838 8257 3839 8256
3841 8200 3847 8144 3851 8128 3827 8121
3827 8123 3820 8146 3816 8177 3813 8209
SINCAVAGE
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