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FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
937 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
WVC085-105-220300-
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RITCHIE WV-WIRT WV-
937 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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 1100 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF THE HUGHES RIVER AND
IT'S TRIBUTARIES IS OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 934 PM EDT, THE AUTOMATED GAGE ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE HUGHES
RIVER BELOW MACFARLAN WAS IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE BUT FALLING.
EXPECT FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF THE HUGHES RIVER AND IT'S
TRIBUTARIES.
- 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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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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