Weather Alert
Kanawha County, WV
Status: Alert Ended
Start: 8/16/26 8:06 PM
End: 8/16/26 10:40 PM
Dur: 02:34
Canceled 8/16/26 10:40 PM

Flash Flood Warning issued August 16 at 8:06PM EDT until August 16 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
FFWRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Kanawha County in central West Virginia...
Central Putnam County in western West Virginia...

* Until 1045 PM EDT.

* At 806 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Charleston, Nitro, Winfield, Jefferson, South Charleston, St.
Albans, Dunbar, Sissonville, Eleanor, Poca, Institute, Cross Lanes, Coal Fork, Pinch, Elkview, Tornado, Teays Valley and Bancroft.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 96 and 111. Route 119 between mile markers 74 and 80. Interstate 64 in West Virginia between mile markers 38 and 57. West Virginia Turnpike between mile markers 93 and 95. Interstate 79 between mile markers 1 and 11.



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