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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1256 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
WVC001-007-021-033-041-097-220800-
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BARBOUR WV-BRAXTON WV-GILMER WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-UPSHUR WV-
1256 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...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...
SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 400 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1256 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY
IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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.
- 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 3895 8076 3910 8026 3910 8025 3911 8025
3915 8010 3903 7999 3886 8030 3879 8062
3878 8069 3887 8073
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