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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
545 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.
* AT 545 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2
AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2
TO 4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM.
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...
GREEN BANK AND ARBOVALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3835 7977 3835 7984 3837 7994 3842 7987
3851 7968 3850 7968 3849 7969 3849 7970
3848 7969 3847 7970 3846 7969 3843 7969
3842 7971 3839 7973 3836 7973 3835 7974
3836 7976
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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