This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
Part of: Franklin County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 16 at 7:55PM EDT until August 17 at 1:00AM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Doddridge, WV; Pleasants, WV; Ritchie, WV; Tyler, WV, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 197,317 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 (Doddridge, WV; Pleasants, WV; Ritchie, WV; Tyler, 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
Doddridge, WV; Pleasants, WV; Ritchie, WV; Tyler, WV · ≈ 310 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 — 5 ENE Philo, OH
Law enforcement reported an ongoing high water rescue ongoing in Chandlersville.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 SW Elkview, WV
High water in progress reported in 100 block of North Pinch Road near Teresas Cafe.
- Storm report NWS PBZ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 ENE Canonsburg, PA
curry avenue road flooded.
- News WDTV 5
Severe storms push through North Central West Virginia, flooding and power outages reported
Show 6 earlier updates
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- NWS PBZ storm report Storm report
- NWS Charleston WV Bulletin
- 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
- wboy.com 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 ↗.