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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Charleston WV
802 PM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026
WVC001-007-041-083-097-230300-
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Barbour WV-Braxton WV-Lewis WV-Randolph WV-Upshur WV-802 PM EDT Tue Sep 22 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Northeastern Braxton County in north central West
Virginia...
South Central Barbour County in northeastern West Virginia...
West Central Randolph County in northeastern West Virginia...
Upshur County in northeastern West Virginia...
Southeastern Lewis County in northern West Virginia...
* WHEN...Until 1100 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is occurring. Numerous roads remain
closed due to flooding. This includes portions of Sand Run Road and
Heavner Grove Road in Buckhannon and Pleasant Ridge in French
Creek.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 755 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area.
Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen.
- This includes the following streams and drainages...
Laurel Fork Sand Run, Fink Run, Little Laurel Fork, Rooting
Creek, West Fork River (SJ Lake), Sugar Run, Left Fork Buckhannon
River, Grassy Creek, Little Kanawha River, Indian Fork, Laural
Run, Laurel Fork, Right Fork Stonecoal Creek, Skin Creek, Spruce
Fork, Frog Run, Jenks Fork, Left Fork Right Fork Buckhannon
River, Grassy Run, Long Run, Marsh Fork, Devil Fork, Bearcamp
Run, Bens Run, Hackers Creek, Kanawha Run, Getout Run, Little
Skin Creek, See Shanty Run, Tenmile Creek, Right Fork Middle Fork
River, Lynn Camp Run, Big Run, Turkey Run, Left Fork Sand Run,
Mud Lick, Three Forks Run, Threelick Run, Wheeler Fork, Brook
Run, Wolfpen Run, Straight Fork, Hickory Flat Run, French Creek,
Log Hollow Run, Pecks Run, Redlick Run, Millsite Run, Right Fork
Little Kanawha River, Grass Run, Middle Fork River, Right Fork
West Fork River, Buckhannon River, Bridge Run, Brush Run, Little
Sand Run, Cherry Fork, Middle Fork Right Fork Buckhannon River,
Slab Camp Fork, Sugarcamp Run, Laurel Creek, Honey Camp Run,
Laurel Run, Sand Run, West Fork River, Knawl Creek, Sand Fork,
Right Fork Buckhannon River, Left Fork Knawl Creek, Little Pecks
Run, Oil Creek, Elk Creek and Stonecoal Creek.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Buckhannon, Rock Cave, French Creek, Alton, Tallmansville,
Alexander, Lorentz, Overhill, Kanawha Head, Horner, Eden,
Walkersville, Ellamore, Hodgesville, Ireland and Helvetia.
- This includes the following highways...
Interstate 79 near mile marker 87. Route 33 between mile markers
2 and 7...and between mile markers 15 and 17.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Report flooding to the National Weather Service by calling toll free,
800 401 9535, when you can do so safely.
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LAT...LON 3890 8060 3909 8027 3906 8015 3904 8013
3903 8006 3897 8006 3897 8007 3896 8006
3895 8009 3895 8006 3878 8005 3876 8007
3867 8023 3889 8061
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