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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
923 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
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CLAY WV-FAYETTE WV-NICHOLAS WV-POCAHONTAS WV-RANDOLPH WV-WEBSTER
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923 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
POCAHONTAS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NICHOLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 230 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 921 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SUMMERSVILLE, RICHWOOD, MARLINTON, CLAY, WEBSTER SPRINGS, CASS
SCENIC RAILROAD, GREEN BANK, ADDISON (WEBSTER SPRINGS),
CAMDEN-ON-GAULEY, CAMDEN ON GAULEY, CRAIGSVILLE, SNOWSHOE, GLEN,
MINGO, COWEN, DURBIN, HILLSBORO, BERGOO, UPPER GLADE, AND WANETA.
- THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 49.
- 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 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 3848 8127 3854 8116 3833 8090 3868 8029
3862 7962 3857 7966 3843 7969 3836 7973
3831 7981 3827 7979 3818 7992 3808 7995
3813 8036 3823 8036 3827 8044 3815 8060
3819 8092 3824 8103 3822 8105 3827 8122
SINCAVAGE
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