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WGUS71 KRLX 111641
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Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Charleston WV
1241 PM EDT Sat Jul 11 2026

VAC027-WVC047-111800-
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/00000.U.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Buchanan VA-McDowell WV-
1241 PM EDT Sat Jul 11 2026

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN BUCHANAN AND CENTRAL MCDOWELL COUNTIES...

At 1241 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated showers producing heavy
rainfall. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional
rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area.
Flash flooding is already occurring area wide in McDowell County and
along Guesses Fork Rd in Buchanan County.

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...
  Gary, War, Bradshaw, Iaeger, Jolo, Avondale, Panther, Coalwood,
  Stacy, Cucumber, Hurley, Roseann and Elbert.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Cucumber Creek, Bill Young Branch, Middle Fork Bradshaw Creek,
  Pawpaw Creek, Left Fork Slate Creek, Middle Fork Spruce Pine Creek,
  Little Horsepen Creek, Looney Creek, Home Creek, Slate Creek, Guess
  Fork, Left Fork Crane Creek, Middle Fork Panther Creek, Barrenshe
  Creek, Kewee Creek, Hite Fork, Brushy Fork, Laurel Fork, South Fork
  Tug Fork, Sandlick Creek, Spice Creek, Left Fork Sandlick Creek,
  Hurricane Branch, Left Fork Home Creek, Horsepen Creek, Lester
  Fork, Harman Branch, Linn Camp Branch, Big Butt Branch, Tug Fork
  River, Bradshaw Creek, Hunts Fork, Beartown Branch, Dismal Creek,
  Harmon Branch, Longpole Creek, Tug Fork, Clear Fork, Left Fork Bull
  Creek, Panther Creek, Long Branch, Big Creek, Left Fork Pawpaw
  Creek, Buck Fork, Johns Branch, Dry Fork, Bartley Creek, Horse
  Creek, Elkins Branch, Betsy Branch, Beech Fork, Little Slate Creek,
  Crane Creek, Bull Creek, Jacobs Fork, Levisa Fork, Spruce Pine
  Creek, Jacks Creek, Knox Creek, Trace Fork, Laurel Branch, Blackey
  Fork, Brushytop Fork, Rocklick Creek, Middle Fork Big Creek, South
  Fork Tug Fork River, Big Branch, Straight Fork and Right Fork
  Straight Fork.

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 3752 8192 3731 8145 3727 8143 3726 8150
      3723 8151 3721 8156 3720 8168 3724 8172
      3724 8174 3721 8176 3726 8181 3738 8220
      3754 8197 3751 8194

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

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