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WGUS71 KPBZ 160617
FFSPBZ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
217 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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MUSKINGUM OH-
217 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR MUSKINGUM COUNTY...
AT 217 AM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL INCHES OF FAST
MOVING WATER CAUSING ROAD CLOSURES ALONG US40 WEST OF ZANESVILLE.
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL
RATE IS 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
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...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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