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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
949 PM EST FRI MAR 6 2026
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ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-
949 PM EST FRI MAR 6 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY
* 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 SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF CREEKS AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE
LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH
WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 946 PM EST, SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO
RESIDUAL FLOODING FROM AREA CREEKS, PARTICULARLY IN LOW-LYING
AREAS. EXPECT HIGH WATER TO LINGER OVERNIGHT EVEN THOUGH THE
CREEKS HAVE RECEDED TO WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE BANKS. THIS
INCLUDES LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE
HOCKING RIVER AND SHADE RIVERS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WELLSTON, MCARTHUR, LAKE HOPE STATE PARK, MIDDLEPORT, AND
CHESTER.
- 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.
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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