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Part of: Pleasants County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 17 at 9:49PM EDT until August 18 at 12:45AM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Kanawha, WV, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 220,553 acres
- Began
- To end
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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 Amesville, OH
Vehicle stuck in water on ST RTE 550 / ST RTE 329.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Ripley, WV
House flooded from storm drain on 3rd Ave in Ripley.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 SE Ripley, WV
OLD STONE RIDGE RD flooded.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 6 SSW Ravenswood, WV
High water on Flatwoods road.
Show 6 earlier updates
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- NWS Charleston WV Bulletin
- WV MetroNews News
New bullseye for summer of rain; damage reported in Fayette, Kanawha, Raleigh surrounding counties
- WCHS News
- WOWK 13 News News
- Charleston Gazette-Mail News
Live updates: Kanawha County pounded with storms, flash flooding forcing rescues
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.