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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
615 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
WVC085-105-220200-
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RITCHIE WV-WIRT WV-
615 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTHWESTERN RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF THE SOUTH FORK OF THE HUGHES RIVER IS
OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 615 PM EDT, THE AUTOMATED GAGE ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE HUGHES
RIVER BELOW MACFARLAN WAS IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE WITH A READING OF
22.8 FEET AND SLOWLY RISING. AT A STAGE OF 22 FEET, OXBOW ROAD
BELOW THE GAGE FLOOD ALONG WITH LOW-LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO THE
RIVER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MACFARLAN, FREEPORT AND GREENCASTLE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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 3915 8132 3915 8130 3912 8121 3911 8119
3911 8114 3906 8115 3906 8121 3909 8128
3911 8135 3912 8140 3913 8144 3913 8141
3914 8140 3916 8135
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