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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
743 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
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ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-
743 AM EST MON FEB 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST OHIO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, ATHENS, GALLIA, JACKSON, MEIGS, VINTON AND WASHINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 230 PM EST MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 736 AM EST, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. AREAS ALONG THE SHADE RIVER,
LEADING CREEK, AND RACCOON CREEK SHOULD ESPECIALLY BE ALERT
FOR HIGH WATER.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON, WELLSTON, ALBANY, NEW HAVEN, TUPPERS PLAINS,
MIDDLEPORT, CHESTER, SYRACUSE, AND DYESVILLE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE, 800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3917 8254 3929 8206 3928 8169 3922 8171
3921 8173 3918 8176 3914 8174 3908 8176
3908 8181 3905 8181 3903 8178 3902 8179
3899 8198 3902 8200 3903 8202 3902 8204
3899 8205 3898 8207 3891 8265
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