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Part of: Pleasants County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 17 at 3:32PM EDT until August 17 at 6:30PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Barbour, WV; Harrison, WV; Taylor, WV, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 152,293 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Barbour, WV; Harrison, WV; Taylor, WV), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Interactive affected-area map
Barbour, WV; Harrison, WV; Taylor, WV · ≈ 240 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 SSE Lumberport, WV
Shinnston Pike flooded near Farnum Road near the Horizons Church.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 SSE Lumberport, WV
Water rescue in 500 block of Lucas Road.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 8 WNW Lumberport, WV
Social Media photos showing Long Fork off of Little Tenmile Creek is out of its banks.
- Storm report NWS PBZ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 SE Smithfield, WV
Picture of South Fork Fishing Creek out of its banks reaching the back of homes.
Show 5 earlier updates
- NWS Charleston WV Bulletin
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- The Intermountain News
- WDTV 5 News
Severe storms push through North Central West Virginia, flooding and power outages reported
- WV MetroNews News
Four counties under Flash Flood Warnings, water rescues made in several areas
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.