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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1228 AM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 530 AM EDT.
* AT 1228 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
PARKERSBURG, ELIZABETH, MINERALWELLS, SANDYVILLE, REEDY, PALESTINE,
GREENCASTLE, CHERRY, FREEPORT, MORRISTOWN, WALKER, LUCILLE, PEEWEE,
CRESTON, PETROLEUM, DAVISVILLE, LEROY AND NUTTER FARM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 174 AND 178.
ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 30.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3895 8149 3929 8152 3928 8126 3927 8124
3928 8123 3928 8116 3897 8123 3892 8128
3891 8128 3890 8125 3889 8126 3889 8125
3885 8126 3886 8173 3891 8170
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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