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Alert: Flood Watch
Area(s): Greenup; Carter; Boyd; Lawrence; Perry; Morgan; Athens; Washington; Jackson; Vinton; Meigs; Gallia; Lawrence; Dickenson; Buchanan; Wayne; Cabell; Mason; Jackson; Wood; Pleasants; Tyler; Lincoln; Putnam; Kanawha; Roane; Wirt; Calhoun; Ritchie; Doddridge; Mingo; Logan; Boone; Clay; Braxton; Gilmer; Lewis; Harrison; McDowell; Wyoming; Upshur; Northwest Raleigh; Southeast Raleigh; Northwest Fayette; Southeast Fayette; Northwest Nicholas; Southeast Nicholas; Northwest Webster; Southeast Webster
Effective: 2026-05-24 @ 7:04 pm -> 2026-05-25 @ 1:00 am
Onset: 2026-05-24 @ 7:04 pm -> 2026-05-25 @ 1:00 am
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Urgency: Future
Issued By: NWS Charleston WV on 2026-05-24 @ 7:04 pm
Headline: Flood Watch issued May 24 at 8:04PM EDT until May 25 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
Description: * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of northeast Kentucky, including the following
counties, Boyd, Carter, Greenup and Lawrence, southeast Ohio,
including the following counties, Athens, Gallia, Jackson OH,
Lawrence OH, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton and Washington, southwest
Virginia, including the following counties, Buchanan and Dickenson,
and West Virginia, including the following counties, Boone,
Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison,
Jackson WV, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, McDowell, Mingo,
Northwest Fayette, Northwest Nicholas, Northwest Raleigh, Northwest
Webster, Pleasants, Putnam, Ritchie, Roane, Southeast Fayette,
Southeast Nicholas, Southeast Raleigh, Southeast Webster, Tyler,
Upshur, Wayne, Wirt, Wood and Wyoming.

* WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur
in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Showers and thunderstorms, with locally heavy rains, will
continue through late tonight. Creeks, and streams across the
area are running high, and given the recent rainfall, flooding is
possible.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Alert: Flood Watch
Area(s): Cherokee; Clay; Scott; Campbell; Claiborne; Hancock; Hawkins; Sullivan; Johnson; Morgan; Anderson; Union; Grainger; Hamblen; Northwest Cocke; Cocke Smoky Mountains; Northwest Greene; Southeast Greene; Washington; Unicoi; Northwest Carter; Southeast Carter; Roane; Loudon; Knox; Jefferson; NW Blount; Blount Smoky Mountains; North Sevier; Sevier Smoky Mountains; Sequatchie; Bledsoe; Rhea; Meigs; McMinn; Northwest Monroe; Southeast Monroe; Marion; Hamilton; Bradley; West Polk; East Polk; Lee; Wise; Scott; Russell; Washington
Effective: 2026-05-24 @ 11:57 am -> 2026-05-25 @ 1:00 am
Onset: 2026-05-24 @ 12:00 pm -> 2026-05-25 @ 1:00 am
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Urgency: Future
Issued By: NWS Morristown TN on 2026-05-24 @ 11:57 am
Headline: Flood Watch issued May 24 at 12:57PM EDT until May 25 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Morristown TN
Description: * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of southwest North Carolina, including the
following areas, Cherokee and Clay, east Tennessee, including the
following areas, Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount Smoky Mountains,
Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke Smoky Mountains, East Polk,
Grainger, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson,
Knox, Loudon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Morgan, North Sevier,
Northwest Blount, Northwest Carter, Northwest Cocke, Northwest
Greene, Northwest Monroe, Rhea, Roane, Scott TN, Sequatchie,
Sevier Smoky Mountains, Southeast Carter, Southeast Greene,
Southeast Monroe, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, Washington TN and West
Polk, and southwest Virginia, including the following areas, Lee,
Russell, Scott VA, Washington VA and Wise.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Rainfall rates between 1 to 3 inches per hour on top of poor
antecedent soil conditions due to the recent wet pattern will
lead to the risk of isolated flash flooding at times this
afternoon and evening.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood