653  
WGUS51 KPBZ 201148  
FFWPBZ  
OHC013-059-067-111-121-201500-  
/O.NEW.KPBZ.FF.W.0117.260820T1148Z-260820T1500Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
748 AM EDT THU AUG 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
WESTERN BELMONT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
EASTERN GUERNSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
NORTHEASTERN NOBLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
 
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 748 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED  
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN  
1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF  
1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS  
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.  
 
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...  
BARNESVILLE, FREEPORT, BETHESDA, ANTRIM, FLUSHING, QUAKER CITY,  
BELMONT, HOLLOWAY, MORRISTOWN, OLD WASHINGTON, SALESVILLE, WILSON,  
PIEDMONT, SOMERTON, FAIRVIEW, BATESVILLE, BIRMINGHAM, SENECA LAKE  
PARK AND PIEDMONT LAKE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3992 8145 4022 8144 4021 8134 4022 8134  
4022 8101 3986 8105 3986 8145  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED  
 
 
 
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