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WGUS41 KILN 161122
FLWILN
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
722 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING 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.
OHC045-089-162330-
/O.NEW.KILN.FL.W.0047.260816T1200Z-260817T0300Z/
/ISVO1.1.ER.260816T1200Z.260816T1200Z.260816T2100Z.NR/
722 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING 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 6:45 AM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 879.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 880.0 FEET
THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 880.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 3996 8248 3996 8246 3994 8247 3992 8251
3993 8252 3994 8251
JGL
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