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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
738 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.
* AT 738 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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...
MONTGOMERY, CHESAPEAKE, MARMET, BELLE, CEDAR GROVE, EAST BANK,
GLASGOW, SMITHERS, GAULEY BRIDGE, PRATT, POWELLTON, HANDLEY, POND
GAP, SHARON, DAWES, BENTREE, ESKDALE, SWISS, INDORE AND BICKMORE.
THIS INCLUDES WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 90.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3820 8174 3843 8106 3829 8092 3810 8139
3805 8154 3804 8159
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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