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Part of: Franklin County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 16 at 11:08AM EDT until August 16 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Barbour, WV; Doddridge, WV; Harrison, WV; Lewis, WV; Taylor, WV; Upshur, WV, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 381,451 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; Doddridge, WV; Harrison, WV; Lewis, WV; Taylor, WV; Upshur, 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.
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Barbour, WV; Doddridge, WV; Harrison, WV; Lewis, WV; Taylor, WV; Upshur, WV · ≈ 600 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 PBZ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 NE Wolfdale, PA
arden road Higgins way.
- News The Intermountain
Flood waters return to region -
- Forecast discussion NWS RLX
Area Forecast Discussion
Repeated heavy thunderstorms with damaging winds and flash flooding risk expected through tonight, particularly in saturated areas.
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Charleston WV 138 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 2026
.WHAT HAS CHANGED... 136 PM Update... Severe thunderstorm watch issued for all of our SE Ohio counties and a bulk of our West Virginia counties until 8 PM tonight. ~18z aviation discussion update.
1204 PM Update... Updates on flash flooding and severe potential for today and tonight.
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.KEY MESSAGES... 1) Flash flooding and severe weather are expected today with a lingering, persistent active weather pattern. Repeated rounds of heavy rainfall from training showers and thunderstorms could rapidly lead to flash flooding, especially areas that are already saturated and inundated.
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.DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGE 1... 136 PM Update...
A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect in til 8 PM tonight. This is for all of our southeastern Ohio and a majority of our West Virginia counties, basically the I-64 corridor and north. Lincoln, Boone, and Raleigh are also included. Seeing generous convection forming across our western forecast area with downburst wind gusts reaching the 40-50 mph range as reported by a few ASOS sites. Expecting these storms to hold together and…
- News WV MetroNews
Four counties under Flash Flood Warnings, water rescues made in several areas
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- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
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- NWS PBZ storm report Storm report
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- NWS Charleston WV Bulletin
- West Virginia Public Broadcasting News
- West Virginia Watch News
Morrisey extends state of emergency for 12 West Virginia counties affected by July storms
- WV Office of the Governor (.gov) News
Governor Morrisey Extends State of Emergency in 12 Counties as Flood Recovery Continues
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