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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
203 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
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GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-LAWRENCE OH-CABELL WV-
203 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST THIS EVENING
* WHAT...CREEK FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, GALLIA, JACKSON AND LAWRENCE AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTY, CABELL.
* WHEN...UNTIL 645 PM EST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, 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 202 PM EST, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. LOCATIONS ALONG RACCOON CREEK,
SYMMES CREEK, AND INDIAN GUYAN CREEK 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...
AID, OAK HILL, RIO GRANDE, CHESAPEAKE, RUSSELL, VERNON,
WATERLOO, WORTHINGTON, AND WURTLAND.
- 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 3898 8210 3890 8214 3884 8214 3879 8222
3873 8219 3863 8217 3859 8222 3847 8205
3840 8254 3854 8270 3857 8281 3860 8274
3868 8276 3868 8271 3875 8270 3875 8266
3891 8265
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