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WGUS51 KRLX 220224
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VAC027-WVC047-109-220530-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1024 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN MCDOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.
* AT 1024 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE 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...
WELCH, PINEVILLE, GILBERT CREEK, DAVY, BRADSHAW, IAEGER, KIMBALL,
BAILEYSVILLE, WOLF PEN, COALWOOD, AVONDALE AND PANTHER.
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.
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 3751 8198 3752 8194 3751 8194 3752 8193
3751 8192 3753 8191 3753 8189 3754 8189
3767 8148 3744 8138 3737 8169 3735 8187
3735 8200
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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