125  
WGUS81 KILN 201706  
FLSILN  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
1206 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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.  
 

 
 
OHC045-089-210600-  
/O.EXT.KILN.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260221T1400Z/  
/ISVO1.1.ER.260220T1900Z.260220T2000Z.260221T0800Z.NR/  
1206 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SATURDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SOUTH FORK LICKING RIVER NEAR I 70 NEAR BUCKEYE LAKE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 880.0 FEET, WATER EXTENDS ONTO THE 129A EXIT RAMP  
FROM EASTBOUND INTERSTATE 70 TO ROUTE 79 NEAR BUCKEYE LAKE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:45 AM EST FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 879.9 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 880.1 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 880.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3996 8248 3996 8246 3994 8247 3992 8251  
3993 8252 3994 8251  
 

 
 
JDR  
 
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