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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1028 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.
* AT 1028 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...
BUCKHANNON, WESTON, AUDRA STATE PARK, STONEWALL JACKSON,
BURNSVILLE, SAND FORK, HORNER, LORENTZ, WALKERSVILLE, FRENCH CREEK,
SAND RUN, HODGESVILLE, OVERHILL, CENTURY, VOLGA AND STOUTS MILLS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 101. ROUTE 33 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 1 AND 7...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 17.
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 3887 8073 3895 8076 3910 8026 3910 8025
3911 8025 3915 8010 3903 7999 3886 8030
3879 8062 3878 8069
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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