City of Madison Emergency Management Services

08/15/2026

After a brief break, the chance for storms increases Saturday afternoon into Saturday night, with additional rounds of storms possible Sunday and Monday. The primary hazards with these rounds of storms will be damaging winds and flash flooding given the recent wet weather. A period of drier weather returns starting Monday night. Please keep updated on the latest forecast.

08/14/2026

Interactive NWS Alert
Event cancelled: Flood Watch for Boone County, WV
Sent via email and SMS at 659 pm EDT, Aug 14th 2026
alert map
Radar valid at 700 pm EDT, Aug 14th 2026
alert legend
KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-VAZ003-004-WVZ005>011-
013>020-024>034-039-040-515>526-150000-
/O.CAN.KRLX.FA.A.0013.000000T0000Z-260815T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-
Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Dickenson-Buchanan-Wayne-
Cabell-Mason-Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Lincoln-Putnam-Kanawha-
Roane-Wirt-Calhoun-Ritchie-Doddridge-Mingo-Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton-
Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-Taylor-McDowell-Wyoming-Upshur-Barbour-
Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-
Southeast Fayette-Northwest Nicholas-Southeast Nicholas-
Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Northwest Pocahontas-
Southeast Pocahontas-Northwest Randolph-Southeast Randolph-
Including the cities of Cannonsburg, Logan, Man, Burnsville, Gary,
Wayne, Teays Valley, Kenova, Craigsville, South Point, Crooksville,
Somerset, Sutton, Vansant, New Haven, Welch, Davenport, Ravenswood,
Grayson Lake State Park, Jackson, Snowshoe, Grantsville, Clay,
Glenville, Prosperity, Holly River State Park, Vienna, Charleston,
Pomeroy, Clintwood, Oceana, Alum Creek, Oak Hill, Chapmanville,
Stockport, Raceland, Ceredo, Hamden, Clarksburg, Williamson,
Parkersburg, Bradley, Louisa, Grafton, Pennsboro, Harrisville,
Buckhannon, Sistersville, Marietta, Fayetteville, Yatesville Lake
State Park, War, Saint Albans, Point Pleasant, Ashland, Belington,
Belmont, New Lexington, Harman, Gallipolis, McConnelsville, Cowen,
Marlinton, Paden City, Breaks Interstate Park, Grundy, Hurricane,
Spencer, Weston, Richwood, Philippi, Sophia, Flatwoods, South
Charleston, Lake Vesuvius, Montgomery, Grayson, Elizabeth, Pineville,
Harts,
Hurley, St. Marys, Webster Springs, Madison, Carter Caves State
Park, Belpre, West Union, Gassaway, Ironton, Birch River, McArthur,
Russell, Olive Hill, Huntington, Beckley, Elkins, Summersville,
Ripley, Meadow Bridge, Athens, Mullens, Middlebourne, Wellston,
Bridgeport, and Hamlin
659 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

The Flood Watch is cancelled for 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,
Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer,
Harrison, Jackson WV, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason,
McDowell, Mingo, Northwest Fayette, Northwest Nicholas, Northwest
Pocahontas, Northwest Raleigh, Northwest Randolph, Northwest Webster,
Pleasants, Putnam, Ritchie, Roane, Southeast Fayette, Southeast
Nicholas, Southeast Pocahontas, Southeast Raleigh, Southeast
Randolph, Southeast Webster, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Wirt, Wood
and Wyoming.

Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed remaining road closures.

08/14/2026

08/14/2026

“Trust is built long before it is tested.”

Photographer: Emergency Response Photographer

08/14/2026

Lowering your chances of being involved in a serious crash is in your control. ✔️

Safe driving habits protect you and everyone else around you.

08/14/2026

Training Details for this evening!! ⬇️ 👀

🐾 The Split Trail Component is important in SAR K-9 training because it teaches the dog to discriminate between multiple human scent trails and stay committed to the scent of the specific missing person.

In a typical split trail, the subject and a decoy travel together from the starting point and eventually separate in different directions. 🐕 The K-9 must determine which trail belongs to the person whose scent article was presented—rather than simply following the freshest, strongest, or most obvious human scent. This is a recognized training exercise for scent-specific trailing teams.

Why it matters in a real search?? Well let us tell ya! 👇🏼

💥 Scent discrimination: The dog learns that not every human scent is the target scent.
💥 Prevents False Trails: In a real incident, family members, friends, first responders, search teams, or bystanders may have traveled through the same area.
💥 Builds Independence: The handler has to trust the K-9’s decisions.
💥 Tests Commitment: The K-9 has to remain committed to the target odor even when another person’s trail appears attractive.
💥 Improves Handler Reading Skills: The handler learns to recognize subtle changes in the K-9’s behavior and allow the dog to work through the problem.
💥 Creates Realistic Complexity: Operational trails aren’t always clean, straight, or isolated. Professional SAR training incorporates multiple people, cross-trails, urban environments, aged trails, and other distractions.

👏🏼 And this is where the handler/K-9 partnership becomes HUGE. The handler knows what scent the dog was given, but the dog is the one actually interpreting the scent environment. Good trailing requires the handler to recognize what the dog is communicating without unnecessarily influencing its decision.

For PCK9SU, Split Trail training is another way to take the K-9 teams beyond simply following a trail and toward solving a scent problem—because in a real missing-person incident, there may be plenty of people and plenty of scent, but only one scent matters. 🐾🧡💙

08/14/2026

WORKING DOG OF THE MONTH

Every month, Working Dog Magazine recognizes one exceptional working dog.

Enter your dog for $25 and receive a complimentary one-year digital subscription to Working Dog Magazine with your entry.

Each monthly winner is featured by Working Dog Magazine, and one winner each quarter receives a full-page feature in the print edition of Working Dog Magazine.

Patrol, detection, military, search and rescue, service, therapy, conservation, sport and beyond. If your dog has a job, we want to see them.

Enter the August Working Dog of the Month Contest: https://www.workingdogmagazine.com/working-dog-of-the-month-contest/

08/14/2026

🐾 SEEK DISCOMFORT – PART 8: THE FINAL PART

Becoming Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable

“The goal isn’t to avoid uncomfortable situations. It’s to become the sort of trainer who can learn, think and adapt when they happen.”

We’ve reached the final part of Seek Discomfort: Why Great Dog Trainers Never Stop Learning.

Across this series we’ve talked about failure, confidence, pressure, difficult training days, comparison and the importance of remaining a student.

But ultimately, it all comes down to one thing:

Mindset.

There is no such thing as a finished dog.

And there is certainly no such thing as a finished trainer.

The best trainers I’ve met aren’t the people who believe they have all the answers. They’re the people who remain curious enough to keep asking better questions.

🐾 Stay curious.
🐾 Accept mistakes.
🐾 Challenge your own thinking.
🐾 Listen to the dog in front of you.
🐾 Be willing to change when better information comes along.
🐾 Never stop learning.

Because growth isn’t a destination. It’s a habit.

So, if you remember nothing else from these eight articles:

Don’t seek comfort. Seek growth.

Don’t fear failure. Learn from it.

Don’t compare your journey. Build your own.

Don’t wait for confidence. Take the first step and let confidence catch up.

And above all…

Never stop being a student.

Because becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable might just be one of the greatest skills we can develop, at both ends of the lead.

🔒 Part 8, the final article in my exclusive Seek Discomfort series, is available to my Facebook Subscribers for just 99p per month.

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