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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
740 PM EDT SUN MAY 4 2025
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ATHENS OH-JACKSON OH-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-VINTON OH-
740 PM EDT SUN MAY 4 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST OHIO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, ATHENS, JACKSON, MEIGS, MORGAN, PERRY AND VINTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 AM EDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 738 PM EDT, SEVERAL ROADS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO MINOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN SINCE
FRIDAY. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ATHENS, WELLSTON, NELSONVILLE, GLOUSTER, MCARTHUR, ALBANY,
SHAWNEE, LAKE HOPE STATE PARK, CHAUNCEY, HAMDEN, NEW
STRAITSVILLE, CORNING, BUCHTEL, JACKSONVILLE, COALTON,
TRIMBLE, ZALESKI, HEMLOCK, AMESVILLE AND RENDVILLE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE, 800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3937 8275 3937 8252 3940 8251 3938 8229
3947 8228 3947 8217 3956 8216 3956 8226
3959 8226 3959 8229 3963 8228 3965 8206
3954 8195 3941 8195 3931 8184 3917 8185
3918 8217 3916 8233 3911 8239 3909 8279
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