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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
410 AM EST THU MAR 5 2026
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PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-GALLIA-
MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCARTHUR, HARRISVILLE, PARKERSBURG, PADEN
CITY, NEW HAVEN, RIPLEY, NEW LEXINGTON, STOCKPORT, SOMERSET,
CROOKSVILLE, WEST UNION, POINT PLEASANT, ELIZABETH, SISTERSVILLE,
MIDDLEBOURNE, RAVENSWOOD, HAMDEN, JACKSON, POMEROY,
MCCONNELSVILLE, PENNSBORO, VIENNA, OAK HILL, ATHENS, WELLSTON,
MARIETTA, BELPRE, BELMONT, ST. MARYS, AND GALLIPOLIS
410 AM EST THU MAR 5 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, ATHENS, GALLIA, JACKSON OH, MEIGS, MORGAN, PERRY, VINTON
AND WASHINGTON AND WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, DODDRIDGE, JACKSON WV, MASON, PLEASANTS, RITCHIE, TYLER,
WIRT AND WOOD.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
HAS LEFT SOILS VULNERABLE TO SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF WITH ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL PICKED UP TODAY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX
AS WELL AS ON OUR X AND FACEBOOK PAGES.
LTC
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