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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
622 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
WEST CENTRAL DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN TYLER COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT.
* AT 622 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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...
PARKERSBURG, MARIETTA, BELPRE, HARRISVILLE, ST. MARYS, COOLVILLE,
VIENNA, WILLIAMSTOWN, PENNSBORO, BELMONT, BOAZ, NORTH BEND STATE
PARK, MINERALWELLS, LUBECK, WASHINGTON, NEWPORT, NORTH HILLS,
ELLENBORO, CAIRO AND PULLMAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 170 AND 186.
INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3. ROUTE 50 IN WEST
VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 52.
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 3932 8185 3940 8182 3945 8144 3940 8083
3921 8075 3919 8083 3916 8097 3917 8130
3919 8130 3918 8132 3920 8190
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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