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Part of: Franklin County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 16 at 12:54PM EDT until August 17 at 3:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Harrison, WV, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 51,095 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.
- Bulletin NWS Charleston WV
Flood Warning issued
Harrison, WV
- Storm report NWS PBZ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 ENE Canonsburg, PA
curry avenue road flooded.
- Storm report NWS PBZ storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Mcmurray, PA
flooded road East McMurray Road.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
DEBRIS FLOW — 3 WNW Clarksburg, WV
Dye Street in the 100 block is impassable due to a mudslide blocking the road.
Show 12 earlier updates
- NWS PBZ storm report Storm report
- NWS RLX Forecast discussion
- NWS PBZ storm report Storm report
- NWS PBZ storm report Storm report
- NWS PBZ storm report Storm report
- NWS PBZ storm report Storm report
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- local12.com News
Evacuations, water rescues, and flooded businesses hit Harrison community
- Spectrum News News
No injuries reported after Harrison flooding prompts evacuations
- WCPO 9 Cincinnati News
- cincinnati.com News
Whitewater River flooding in Harrison captured in drone footage
- Spectrum News News
City of Harrison urges some residents to evacuate as river threatens 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 ↗.