852  
WGUS81 KILN 200837  
FLSILN  
 
FLOOD ADVISORY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
337 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
OHC049-129-201445-  
/O.EXT.KILN.FA.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-260220T1445Z/  
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
FRANKLIN OH-PICKAWAY OH-  
337 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
   
..FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EST THIS MORNING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN CENTRAL OHIO, FRANKLIN AND  
PICKAWAY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 945 AM EST FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 336 AM EST, RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED  
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR  
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 0.5  
AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP  
TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
COLUMBUS, REYNOLDSBURG, GROVE CITY, PICKERINGTON, BEXLEY,  
CANAL WINCHESTER, GROVEPORT, WHITEHALL, OBETZ, COMMERCIAL  
POINT, LITHOPOLIS, URBANCREST, HARRISBURG, ORIENT,  
LOCKBOURNE, BRICE, BLACKLICK ESTATES, DARBYDALE, GEORGESVILLE  
AND WRIGHTSVILLE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3996 8280 3994 8280 3994 8281 3991 8281  
3991 8280 3977 8283 3979 8325 3992 8325  
3993 8323  
 
 
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