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Part of: Pleasants County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 17 at 1:53PM EDT until August 17 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Washington, OH; Pleasants, WV; Tyler, WV, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 44,446 acres
- Began
- To end
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Washington, OH; Pleasants, WV; Tyler, WV · ≈ 70 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.
- Bulletin NWS Charleston WV
Flash Flood Warning issued
Washington, OH; Pleasants, WV; Tyler, WV
- News WTOP
Storms sweep into DC area with damaging wind, flash flooding
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 4 ENE Burnsville, WV
Flooding at Oil Creek Road and Clover Fork Road.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 W Rock Cave, WV
Flooding along Glady Creek Road.
Show 7 earlier updates
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- WTAE News
Heavy downpours cause flooding along I-79 in Washington County
- WFYI News
- St. George News News
Flooding reported across eastern Washington County after heavy monsoon rains
- FOX 13 News Utah News
Storm brings flooded streets, muddy roads to Zion National Park neighborhoods
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.