589  
WGUS71 KPBZ 161849  
FFSPBZ  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
249 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
OHC119-162045-  
/O.CON.KPBZ.FF.W.0108.000000T0000Z-260816T2045Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
MUSKINGUM OH-  
249 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT THIS  
AFTERNOON FOR MUSKINGUM COUNTY...  
 
AT 249 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY  
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS  
FALLEN. 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, HIGH HILL, EAST  
FULTONHAM, 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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4003 8219 4003 8173 4002 8172 3993 8173  
3993 8169 3976 8170 3977 8208 3982 8207  
3982 8217 3991 8216 3991 8223 3995 8223  
3995 8220 4002 8219  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
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