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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
530 PM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.
* AT 530 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, ROCK CAVE, HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, BURNSVILLE,
FLATWOODS, KANAWHA HEAD, EDEN, CLEVELAND, IRELAND, WALKERSVILLE,
FRENCH CREEK, ALEXANDER, HACKER VALLEY, ALTON, FALLS MILLS,
HELVETIA, HORNER, LORENTZ, TALLMANSVILLE AND DIANA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 81...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 86 AND 87. ROUTE 33 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 7...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 17.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
HUGHES FORK, JERRY RUN, LAUREL FORK SAND RUN, LEFT FORK BUCKHANNON
RIVER, DESERT FORK, FALLS RUN, JENKS FORK, LONG RUN, LEFT FORK
FALLS RUN, MARSH FORK, DEVIL FORK, O'BRIEN FORK, HACKERS CREEK,
GETOUT RUN, SEE SHANTY RUN, WHEELER FORK, LYNN CAMP RUN, WOLFPEN
RUN, REDLICK RUN, HODAM CREEK, PECKS RUN, BROWNS RUN, BUFFALO RUN,
MIDDLE FORK RIGHT FORK BUCKHANNON RIVER, LITTLE KNAWL CREEK, WEST
FORK RIVER, ELK CREEK, ROOTING CREEK, FINK RUN, ELK RIVER, WEST
FORK RIVER (SJ LAKE), SUGAR RUN, GRASSY CREEK, INDIAN FORK, LAURAL
RUN, SPRUCE FORK, BIRCH RIVER, BLUELICK RUN, TENMILE CREEK, BIG
RUN, LEFT FORK SAND RUN, HICKORY FLAT RUN, FRENCH CREEK, MIDDLE
FORK RIVER, SALT LICK CREEK, LITTLE SAND RUN, CHERRY FORK,
CARPENTER FORK, HONEY CAMP RUN, SAND FORK, SALTLICK CREEK, BROOKS
CREEK, HYERS RUN, BURNS RUN, DUMPLING RUN, RIGHT FORK HOLLY RIVER,
BRAGG RUN, SKIN CREEK, STOUTS RUN, RIGHT FORK STONECOAL CREEK,
GRASSY RUN, BERRY FORK, BEARCAMP RUN, LITTLE SKIN CREEK, TURKEY
RUN, RIGHT FORK MIDDLE FORK RIVER, MUD LICK, BROOK RUN, HOWELL
FORK, STRAIGHT FORK, RIGHT FORK LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER, RIGHT FORK
WEST FORK RIVER, LAUREL RUN, SAND RUN, LITTLE PECKS RUN, OIL CREEK,
FLESHER RUN, STONECOAL CREEK, MISSOURI CREEK, LOST RUN, LITTLE
LAUREL FORK, LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER, LAUREL FORK, LOWER BIG RUN, FROG
RUN, LEFT FORK RIGHT FORK BUCKHANNON RIVER, LEFT FORK HOLLY RIVER,
BENS RUN, KANAWHA RUN, THREELICK RUN, RIGHT FORK LITTLE KANAWHA,
CEDAR CREEK, RIGHT FORK LAUREL FORK, LOG HOLLOW RUN, MILLSITE RUN,
GRASS RUN, BUCKHANNON RIVER, BRIDGE RUN, BRUSH RUN, SLAB CAMP FORK,
SUGARCAMP RUN, LAUREL CREEK, SHORT RUN, KNAWL CREEK, ENGLAND RUN,
RIGHT FORK BUCKHANNON RIVER, LEFT FORK WOLF CREEK, LEFT FORK KNAWL
CREEK, THREE FORKS RUN AND MCAVOY RUN.
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 3885 8069 3909 8027 3906 8015 3904 8013
3903 8006 3897 8006 3897 8007 3896 8006
3895 8009 3895 8006 3878 8005 3876 8007
3856 8043 3843 8057 3843 8058
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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