Weather Alert
Jackson County, WV
Status: Active Alert
Start: 8/16/26 6:29 PM
End: Ongoing
Dur: 01:15
Flash Flood Warning issued August 16 at 6:29PM EDT until August 16 at 8:30PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
FFWRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Kanawha County in central West Virginia...
Southern Roane County in central West Virginia...
Southwestern Braxton County in north central West Virginia...
Northern Clay County in north central West Virginia...
Southeastern Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia...

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 629 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. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
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...
Clay, Sissonville, Clendenin, Amma, Wallback, Big Otter, Harrison, Left Hand, Procious, Ivydale, Servia and Strange Creek.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 116 and 121.
Interstate 79 between mile markers 12 and 51.



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