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WGUS61 KRLX 092209  
FFARLX  
 
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
609 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2026  
 
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-013>020-  
024>034-039-040-515>526-100615-  
/O.CON.KRLX.FA.A.0010.000000T0000Z-260712T1200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
GREENUP-CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-  
VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-WAYNE-CABELL-  
MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-  
ROANE-WIRT-CALHOUN-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-  
GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-  
NORTHWEST RALEIGH-SOUTHEAST RALEIGH-NORTHWEST FAYETTE-  
SOUTHEAST FAYETTE-NORTHWEST NICHOLAS-SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS-  
NORTHWEST WEBSTER-SOUTHEAST WEBSTER-NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS-  
SOUTHEAST POCAHONTAS-NORTHWEST RANDOLPH-SOUTHEAST RANDOLPH-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RIPLEY, ALUM CREEK, BRIDGEPORT, GRANTSVILLE,  
HOLLY RIVER STATE PARK, PHILIPPI, WESTON, IRONTON, WELLSTON, OAK  
HILL, GASSAWAY, LOUISA, MIDDLEBOURNE, SUTTON,  
CARTER CAVES STATE PARK, ELIZABETH, ST. MARYS, JACKSON, NEW  
HAVEN, HARMAN, PROSPERITY, WAYNE, LAKE VESUVIUS, BUCKHANNON, GARY,  
RICHWOOD, CLINTWOOD, TEAYS VALLEY, FLATWOODS, POINT PLEASANT,  
GRAFTON, WAR, ELKINS, RUSSELL, GRAYSON, CANNONSBURG, HAMDEN,  
HARRISVILLE, RAVENSWOOD, SOUTH POINT, MCARTHUR, MARIETTA, HURRICANE,  
MADISON, SNOWSHOE, OCEANA, SOPHIA, ATHENS, CRAIGSVILLE, RACELAND,  
CLAY, SISTERSVILLE, WEBSTER SPRINGS, BRADLEY, VIENNA, BELINGTON,  
LOGAN, HARTS, ASHLAND, CHAPMANVILLE, HAMLIN, OLIVE HILL, BELPRE,  
GALLIPOLIS, SAINT ALBANS, PINEVILLE, CEREDO, BELMONT, BURNSVILLE,  
FAYETTEVILLE, MULLENS, BECKLEY, PENNSBORO, YATESVILLE LAKE STATE  
PARK, GRUNDY, SOUTH CHARLESTON, KENOVA, HUNTINGTON, MARLINTON,  
HURLEY, WILLIAMSON, BIRCH RIVER, VANSANT, MEADOW BRIDGE, CHARLESTON,  
SUMMERSVILLE, PARKERSBURG, SPENCER, WEST UNION, POMEROY, CLARKSBURG,  
STOCKPORT, GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, DAVENPORT, WELCH, COWEN,  
MCCONNELSVILLE, BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK, PADEN CITY, MAN, MONTGOMERY,  
AND GLENVILLE  
609 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2026  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, BOYD, CARTER, GREENUP AND LAWRENCE, SOUTHEAST OHIO,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, ATHENS, GALLIA, JACKSON OH,  
LAWRENCE OH, MEIGS, MORGAN, VINTON AND WASHINGTON, SOUTHWEST  
VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON,  
AND WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BARBOUR,  
BOONE, BRAXTON, CABELL, CALHOUN, CLAY, DODDRIDGE, GILMER, HARRISON,  
JACKSON WV, KANAWHA, LEWIS, LINCOLN, LOGAN, MASON, MCDOWELL, MINGO,  
NORTHWEST FAYETTE, NORTHWEST NICHOLAS, NORTHWEST POCAHONTAS,  
NORTHWEST RALEIGH, NORTHWEST RANDOLPH, NORTHWEST WEBSTER,  
PLEASANTS, PUTNAM, RITCHIE, ROANE, SOUTHEAST FAYETTE, SOUTHEAST  
NICHOLAS, SOUTHEAST POCAHONTAS, SOUTHEAST RALEIGH, SOUTHEAST  
RANDOLPH, SOUTHEAST WEBSTER, TAYLOR, TYLER, UPSHUR, WAYNE, WIRT,  
WOOD AND WYOMING.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY  
NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AT  
TIMES, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING GIVEN  
RECENT RAINFALL, ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE COMPROMISED  
SOILS. FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL BE GREATEST ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY  
WHEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NUMEROUS.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION  
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX AS  
WELL AS ON OUR X AND FACEBOOK PAGES.  
 

 
 

 
 
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