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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
532 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN MINGO COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 830 AM EST.
* AT 532 AM EST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
MADISON, LOGAN, MONTGOMERY, ANSTED, CHAPMANVILLE, GLASGOW,
SMITHERS, GAULEY BRIDGE, PRATT, VAN, CHIEF LOGAN STATE PARK,
BURNWELL, MOUNT GAY-SHAMROCK, HOLDEN, POWELLTON, HARTS, HAWKS NEST
STATE PARK, DANVILLE, WHITESVILLE AND WEST LOGAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE, 800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3791 8246 3806 8189 3827 8124 3823 8119
3813 8090 3773 8230 3775 8233 3778 8233
3781 8240 3787 8241
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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