245  
WGUS81 KILN 161501  
FLSILN  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
1101 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...  
 
SOUTH FORK LICKING RIVER NEAR I 70 NEAR BUCKEYE LAKE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILN.  
 
 
 
OHC045-089-170000-  
/O.EXT.KILN.FL.W.0047.000000T0000Z-260817T0000Z/  
/ISVO1.1.ER.260816T1215Z.260816T1500Z.260816T1800Z.NR/  
1101 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING  
 
* WHERE...SOUTH FORK LICKING RIVER NEAR I 70 NEAR BUCKEYE LAKE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 880.0 FEET, WATER NEARLY EXTENDS ONTO THE 129A EXIT  
RAMP FROM EASTBOUND INTERSTATE 70 TO ROUTE 79 NEAR BUCKEYE LAKE.  
FLOODING ALSO AFFECTS BUCKEYE LAKE ESTATES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:45 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 880.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS CRESTING NOW AT 880.2 FEET. IT WILL THEN  
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 880.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3996 8248 3996 8246 3994 8247 3992 8251  
3993 8252 3994 8251  
 
 
 
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