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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
953 PM EST THU MAR 5 2026
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ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-
953 PM EST THU MAR 5 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST OHIO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, ATHENS, GALLIA, JACKSON, MEIGS, VINTON AND WASHINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 700 AM EST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 949 PM EST, RISES ON SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUE DUE
TO RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS HAS RESULTED IN
SEVERAL FLOODED ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SOME LARGER
CREEKS EXPERIENCING MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE AND THE SHADE
RIVER AND THE UPPER REACHES OF RACCOON CREEK.
- IN THE CHESTER COMMUNITY, THE RIVER GAUGE ON THE SHADE RIVER
HAD FALLEN BELOW BANKFULL. HOWEVER, LOW SPOTS ON SCOUT CAMP
ROAD NEAR SUGAR RUN CREEK BRIDGE MAY STILL BE EXPERIENCING
BACKWATER ISSUES, AND LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER
ARE LIKELY STILL FLOODED, INCLUDING A FEW AGRICULTURAL
FIELDS. FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE HOCKING RIVER
IS ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ATHENS, JACKSON, WELLSTON, POMEROY, MCARTHUR, ALBANY, RACINE,
COOLVILLE, RUTLAND, LAKE HOPE STATE PARK, FORKED RUN STATE
PARK, NEW HAVEN, MASON, TUPPERS PLAINS, MIDDLEPORT, CHESTER,
HAMDEN, SYRACUSE, HARTFORD CITY AND COALTON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. IT IS HARDER TO TELL THE DEPTH OF THE
WATER AT NIGHT.
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 3917 8277 3937 8275 3937 8252 3940 8251
3937 8176 3927 8173 3919 8174 3918 8176
3910 8175 3908 8177 3908 8181 3902 8177
3898 8178 3897 8192 3899 8198 3903 8202
3897 8209 3896 8233 3906 8280 3917 8278
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