Lewis Gilmer E911 Center

08/11/2026

💧💧Flood Watch💧💧

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch until 8/14/26 at 8 a.m. for both Lewis and Gilmer Counties.

08/07/2026

08/05/2026

Your local agencies and elected officials have been boots on the ground since day one! Additional information will continue to be shared as we learn more in the coming days!

For official information, continue to follow our local government and elected officials pages.

The FEMA Declaration that has currently been approved is for individual assistance thus far and does not include public assistance to this point. This means, when they mobilize here it will indeed provide assistance to the individual resident/business owner but has not been clarified for the county’s portion of what we have spent monetarily with the resources we have acquired and provided through this period with dump site debris removal to a landfill, rentals, contractors, distribution center costs, and many other accrued expenses. We hope that portion comes through as well as we wait to see. We have worked diligently with landowners, business owners, and many others to ensure this has been mitigated to the best of our ability. Most importantly, we are trying to provide the citizens every resource and avenue of specific help and needs they are requiring as that is of the utmost importance. We will continue to work to do so in the coming days and are here to help in any way we can. THANK YOU to all the volunteers that have helped in any capacity and continue to do so.
More updates will be forthcoming in the next couple days as to the steps we need to take to get the Disaster Recovery Center office opened and get us all back on the road to better days ahead. God Bless!

08/04/2026

Message from Lewis County OEM and Commission: Please do NOT try to fill out official FEMA forms until they open their office in Lewis County, which we expect to be one day next week. We will provide more information and guidance once their offices are up and running. If you have not filled out the WV EMD survey, please DO SO as soon as possible. Everyone will also have to provide those pictures again and fill out the official forms when FEMA arrives. Our FEMA Declaration number is #4932.

07/27/2026

Follow Lewis County Mutual Aid - WV for the latest info! Please use this form for requesting assistance from a volunteer for flood relief in the coming days or weeks.

04/16/2026

This week, we celebrate the lifelines of our community — our public safety telecommunicators. You are the first voice of help, the calm in chaos, and the bridge between emergencies and the responders who arrive on scene. Thank you for your commitment, compassion, and strength. We appreciate you today and every day.