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FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
917 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
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GALLIA OH-LAWRENCE OH-
917 PM EST MON FEB 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY
* WHAT...LARGE STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST OHIO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, GALLIA AND LAWRENCE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 AM EST TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF SYMMES CREEK AND RACCOON CREEK AND THEIR
TRIBUTARIES IS OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT
BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 914 PM EST, FLOODING CONTINUES ON LOWER PORTIONS OF SYMMES
CREEK AND RACCOON CREEK AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HUNTINGTON, CHESAPEAKE, PROCTORVILLE, AID, CROWN CITY AND
SCOTTOWN.
- 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.
LAT...LON 3842 8247 3864 8253 3867 8248 3867 8245
3853 8243 3861 8235 3872 8230 3882 8239
3882 8233 3879 8225 3873 8219 3871 8219
3871 8225 3859 8230 3844 8238
RPY
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