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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
802 PM EDT WED SEP 23 2026
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BRAXTON WV-CALHOUN WV-CLAY WV-GILMER WV-ROANE WV-
802 PM EDT WED SEP 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT THURSDAY
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN ROANE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL BRAXTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 115 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 801 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODED ROADWAYS
DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING.
FLOODING IS ONGOING. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIG OTTER, ARNOLDSBURG, NICUT, CHLOE, ORMA, NEBO, SHOCK,
ROSEDALE, MILLSTONE, SERVIA, AND TARIFF.
- THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 45.
- 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.
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 3872 8119 3880 8114 3882 8107 3884 8097
3882 8088 3877 8087 3867 8092 3860 8097
3858 8104 3858 8112 3861 8120 3865 8121
3869 8121
SINCAVAGE
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