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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
902 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2026
WVC017-021-033-041-085-150230-
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DODDRIDGE WV-GILMER WV-HARRISON WV-LEWIS WV-RITCHIE WV-
902 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT THIS EVENING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...NORTH CENTRAL GILMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
EAST CENTRAL RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 859 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY
IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON MILL, AUBURN, LEOPOLD, GROVE, AVON, NEW MILTON,
BLANDVILLE, ALUM BRIDGE, SMITHBURG, CAMDEN AND BEREA.
- THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52
AND 53...AND NEAR MILE MARKER 56.
- 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 3908 8085 3912 8095 3915 8100 3928 8080
3929 8074 3926 8061 3913 8044 3902 8055
3905 8077
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