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WGUS41 KPBZ 040949
FLWPBZ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
549 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...
MUSKINGUM RIVER AT COSHOCTON AFFECTING COSHOCTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/PBZ.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 200 PM EDT.
OHC031-041800-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FL.W.0005.260404T1330Z-260407T1000Z/
/CSHO1.1.ER.260404T1330Z.260405T1800Z.260407T0400Z.NO/
549 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MUSKINGUM RIVER AT COSHOCTON.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, WATER REACHES LOW LYING AREAS BETWEEN
TUSCARAWAS AND WALHONDING RIVERS JUST UPSTREAM OF THE CONFLUENCE OF
THE TWO RIVERS. AT 15.0 FEET, LOW AREAS ARE FLOODED AND WATER
REACHES A FEW HOMES ALONG ROUTE 16 SOUTH OF COSHOCTON AND ALONG
COUNTY ROUTE 1A NORTH OF COSHOCTON. AT 16.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS
BEGIN TO AFFECT THE LAKE PARK AREA ALONG THE WALHONDING RIVER AND
BEGINS BACKWATER FLOODING ALONG MILL CREEK NORTH OF LAKE PARK AND
ALONG ROUTE 83. FLOOD WATERS WILL BEGIN TO ENTER YARDS IN LOW-LYING
AREAS ALONG COUNTY ROUTE 1A. AT 18.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOODING OCCURS
ALONG COUNTY ROUTE 1A AND LOWER AREAS ALONG ROUTE 16 SOUTH.
WIDESPREAD FLOODING OCCURS FROM THE LAKE PARK AREA SOUTH TO NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 83 AND 36. HOMES AROUND NORTH WATER
STREET IN COSHOCTON FLOODS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:00 AM EDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 16.1 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.2
FEET ON 06/02/1980.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4024 8189 4030 8197 4029 8183 4023 8184
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