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Part of: Franklin County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 16 at 9:45PM EDT until August 17 at 12:45AM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Braxton, WV; Gilmer, WV; Lewis, WV; Upshur, WV, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 217,745 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 (Braxton, WV; Gilmer, WV; Lewis, 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.
Interactive affected-area map
Braxton, WV; Gilmer, WV; Lewis, WV; Upshur, WV · ≈ 340 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 — 1 ENE Cross Lanes, WV
One or more houses flooded, at least in one finished basement and a garage. Water was starting to recede as of the 915 PM call.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 SE Poca, WV
Dairy Road unpassable due to Flooding near Silver Street.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NNE Charleston, WV
Flooding at Crescent Road and Garrison Avenue.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 SE Cross Lanes, WV
Water across Dalewood Drive in 5200 block in Cross Lanes.
Show 2 earlier updates
- NWS Charleston WV Bulletin
- The Weather Channel News
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.