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Part of: Raleigh County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 2 at 11:16PM EDT until August 3 at 5:15AM EDT by NWS Blacksburg VA
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Mercer, WV, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 7,753 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
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Mercer, WV · ≈ 12 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 RNK storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 SW Rainelle, WV
Flooding on West Virginia Highway 20 near the county line.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NNW Shady Spring, WV
High water in the 2600 block of Ritter Dr.
- Storm report NWS RNK storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 3 W Meadow Bluff, WV
Farmdale Road/CR 26 closed due to high water.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 7 E Piney View, WV
High Water on WV-41 from Layland to Prince. Roadway closed in both directions.
Show 3 earlier updates
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- NWS Blacksburg VA Bulletin
- Bluefield Daily Telegraph 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 ↗.