{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.636adbd9f28928852a9fd8b56951f3c48cb8b9d3.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 11 at 4:54PM EDT until July 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-11","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.636adbd9f28928852a9fd8b56951f3c48cb8b9d3.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Charleston WV"},"word_count":229,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 11 at 4:54PM EDT until July 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Buchanan, VA; McDowell, WV\n**Issued by:** NWS Charleston WV\n**Sent:** 2026-07-11T16:54:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-11T16:54:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-11T20:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nFFWRLX\n\nThe National Weather Service in Charleston has extended the\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nNorthern Buchanan County in southwestern Virginia...\nCentral McDowell County in southern West Virginia...\n\n* Until 800 PM EDT.\n\n* At 454 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain in much of  McDowell County and in northern Buchanan\nCounty. Between 1.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional\nrainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned\narea. There were several reports of flash flooding, including along\nthe Tug Fork in Mcdowell County, and along Guesses Fork Rd in\nHurley in Buchanan County.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,\nhighways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor\ndrainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nGary, War, Bradshaw, Iaeger, Jolo, Avondale, Panther, Coalwood,\nStacy, Cucumber, Hurley, Roseann and Elbert.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nReport flooding to the National Weather Service by calling toll free,\n800 401 9535, when you can do so safely."}