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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
659 PM EDT WED OCT 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
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...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.
* AT 659 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
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...
CLARKSBURG, SALEM, JACKSON MILL, WEST MILFORD, AUBURN, AVON, NEW
MILTON, BLANDVILLE, LEOPOLD, GROVE, ALUM BRIDGE, SMITHBURG, CAMDEN,
WOLF SUMMIT AND BEREA.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND
53...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 77.
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.
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 3930 8059 3930 8036 3924 8035
3913 8042 3902 8055 3905 8077
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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