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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1243 AM EST FRI MAR 6 2026
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ATHENS OH-MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-WASHINGTON OH-
1243 AM EST FRI MAR 6 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST OHIO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, ATHENS, MORGAN, PERRY AND WASHINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 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 1240 AM EST, FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG MULTIPLE CREEKS AND
STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS. SOME OF
THE LARGER CREEKS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING MINOR FLOODING
INCLUDE SUNDAY CREEK IN ATHENS COUNTY, AND BOTH DUCK CREEK
AND THE LITTLE MUSKINGUM RIVER IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARIETTA, BELPRE, NELSONVILLE, ST. MARYS, GLOUSTER,
MCCONNELSVILLE, BEVERLY, SHAWNEE, CHESTERHILL, WILLIAMSTOWN,
BELMONT, NEWPORT, CHAUNCEY, MATAMORAS, NEW STRAITSVILLE,
MALTA, CORNING, BUCHTEL, LOWELL AND STOCKPORT.
- 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 3947 8217 3956 8216 3960 8238 3961 8238
3968 8237 3966 8159 3959 8159 3958 8147
3963 8145 3954 8104 3939 8122 3934 8137
3941 8146 3934 8156 3927 8157 3927 8168
3922 8173 3937 8176 3938 8229 3947 8228
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