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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
828 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.
* AT 828 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN MALDEN.
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...
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CHARLESTON, CHESAPEAKE, MARMET, BELLE, COAL FORK,
ALUM CREEK AND POND GAP.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 99. ROUTE
119 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 79. WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 88 AND 95.
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 3822 8183 3835 8182 3835 8166 3834 8158
3834 8130 3827 8123 3821 8159 3820 8161
3821 8183
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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