645  
WGUS71 KPBZ 170150  
FFSPBZ  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
950 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
OHC121-170230-  
/O.CON.KPBZ.FF.W.0114.000000T0000Z-260817T0230Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
NOBLE OH-  
950 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT THIS  
EVENING FOR NOBLE COUNTY...  
 
AT 950 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MULTIPLE FLOODED  
ROADWAYS IN THE BELLE VALLEY AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS  
ENDED BUT WATER CAN CONTINUE TO RISE.  
 
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...  
CALDWELL, DUDLEY, BELLE VALLEY, SARAHSVILLE, DEXTER CITY,  
HARRIETTSVILLE AND WOLF RUN 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 3985 8158 3985 8156 3973 8132 3971 8132  
3971 8128 3959 8128 3960 8139 3961 8139  
3963 8141 3963 8145 3965 8145 3965 8147  
3958 8147 3959 8159 3966 8159 3967 8164  
3975 8164 3976 8170 3984 8169 3984 8158  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
 

 
 
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