{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.69f3916c73d5ba5628e4a4fe9a4a008039d6e6c2.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 6:57PM EDT until July 21 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-21","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.69f3916c73d5ba5628e4a4fe9a4a008039d6e6c2.001.1","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":249,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 6:57PM EDT until July 21 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Lewis, WV; Upshur, WV\n**Issued by:** NWS Charleston WV\n**Sent:** 2026-07-21T18:57:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-21T18:57:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-21T22:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nFFWRLX\n\nThe National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nNorthern Upshur County in northeastern West Virginia...\nNorthern Lewis County in northern West Virginia...\n\n* Until 1000 PM EDT.\n\n* At 657 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of\nrain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are\npossible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected\nto begin shortly.\n\nHAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing\nflash flooding.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,\nurban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nBuckhannon, Weston, Stonewall Jackson, Jackson Mill, Jane Lew,\nCamden, Lorentz, Alum Bridge and Hodgesville.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nInterstate 79 between mile markers 90 and 106. Route 33 between mile\nmarkers 1 and 2...and between mile markers 6 and 7...and near mile\nmarker 15.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nBe especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the\ndangers of flooding.\n\nReport flooding to the National Weather Service by calling toll free,\n800 401 9535, when you can do so safely."}