503
WGUS71 KRLX 142351
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
751 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2026
OHC009-WVC095-150001-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATHENS OH-TYLER WV-
751 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS AND
SOUTHWESTERN TYLER COUNTIES...
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3931 8172 3941 8175 3945 8144 3943 8126
3938 8117 3933 8106 3931 8095 3929 8088
3928 8082 3929 8079 3921 8075 3919 8083
3916 8097 3920 8108 3923 8124 3930 8131
3930 8142
OHC167-WVC017-073-085-107-150115-
/O.CON.KRLX.FF.W.0265.000000T0000Z-261015T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WASHINGTON OH-DODDRIDGE WV-PLEASANTS WV-RITCHIE WV-WOOD WV-
751 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON, WEST CENTRAL DODDRIDGE, SOUTHERN
PLEASANTS, CENTRAL RITCHIE AND NORTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTIES...
AT 751 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.25 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY PRIOR 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, HARRISVILLE, ST. MARYS, VIENNA,
WILLIAMSTOWN, PENNSBORO, BELMONT, NORTH BEND STATE PARK, BOAZ,
NEWPORT, NORTH HILLS, ELLENBORO, PULLMAN, SCHULTZ, WILLOW ISLAND,
NUTTER FARM, WAVERLY, MAXWELL AND PIKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 186.
INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3. ROUTE 50 IN WEST
VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 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 3931 8172 3941 8175 3945 8144 3943 8126
3938 8117 3933 8106 3931 8095 3929 8088
3928 8082 3929 8079 3921 8075 3919 8083
3916 8097 3920 8108 3923 8124 3930 8131
3930 8142
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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