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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
805 PM EDT FRI OCT 2 2026
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BUCHANAN VA-MCDOWELL WV-
805 PM EDT FRI OCT 2 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN BUCHANAN AND WEST CENTRAL MCDOWELL
COUNTIES...
AT 805 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT
HEAVY RAIN HAD PREVIOUSLY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5
AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO
0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
BRADSHAW, HURLEY, ROSEANN AND JOLO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3732 8187 3733 8215 3740 8214 3741 8207
3745 8204 3743 8198 3743 8180 3732 8180
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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