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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
114 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
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ATHENS OH-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-
114 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...CREEK AND SMALL RIVER FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST OHIO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, ATHENS, VINTON AND WASHINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 545 PM EST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF SMALL RIVERS, CREEKS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE
INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 112 PM EST, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. LOCATIONS ALONG DUCK CREEK,
WOLF CREEK, FEDERAL CREEK, RACCOON CREEK, AND THE LITTLE
MUSKINGUM RIVER SHOULD ESPECIALLY BE ALERT FOR HIGH WATER. IN
ADDITION, LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE HOCKING RIVER AND THE
MUSKINGUM RIVER MAY EXPERIENCE HIGH WATER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BELPRE, NELSONVILLE, GLOUSTER, MCARTHUR, BEVERLY, CHAUNCEY,
LOWELL, TRIMBLE, MACKSBURG, WHIPPLE, AND LOWER SALEM.
- 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 3937 8254 3938 8229 3947 8228 3947 8217
3956 8216 3955 8205 3946 8206 3945 8183
3949 8182 3948 8171 3958 8171 3958 8147
3965 8147 3959 8136 3957 8104 3939 8122
3943 8145 3928 8163 3929 8206 3917 8254
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