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Part of: Pleasants County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 17 at 2:33PM EDT until August 17 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Pittsburgh PA
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Marion, WV; Wetzel, WV, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 46,457 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 (Marion, WV; Wetzel, 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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Marion, WV; Wetzel, WV · ≈ 73 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 — 8 WNW Lumberport, WV
Social Media photos showing Long Fork off of Little Tenmile Creek is out of its banks.
- Bulletin NWS Pittsburgh PA
Flash Flood Warning issued
Marion, WV; Wetzel, WV
- 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
- Rock Hill Herald News
Flood advisory affecting Dillon and Marion counties Sunday evening caused by heavy rain
- Fox 59 News
- abcnews.com News
Indiana authorities say at least 5 people have died as severe weather crosses the state
- WFYI News
- wthr.com News
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett declares local disaster emergency amid severe flooding
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.