620  
WGUS51 KPBZ 160408  
FFWPBZ  
OHC119-160715-  
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FF.W.0103.260816T0408Z-260816T0715Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
1208 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
MUSKINGUM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
 
* UNTIL 315 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 1208 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 0.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE  
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE  
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN  
SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,  
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR  
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  
 
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
ZANESVILLE, NEW CONCORD, SOUTH ZANESVILLE, NORTH ZANESVILLE, PHILO,  
PLEASANT GROVE, FULTONHAM, NORWICH, DUNCAN FALLS, BRIDGEVILLE,  
CANNELVILLE, CHANDLERSVILLE, DRAKE, RURALDALE, EAST FULTONHAM, HIGH  
HILL, BLUE ROCK STATE PARK AND DILLON STATE PARK.  
 
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 4007 8219 4002 8172 3993 8173 3993 8169  
3976 8170 3977 8208 3982 8207 3982 8217  
3991 8216 3991 8223 3995 8223 3995 8220  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR  
 
 
 
AK  
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