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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1050 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026
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WASHINGTON OH-
1050 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT THURSDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST OHIO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, WASHINGTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 500 AM EDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1049 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING
IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
- THE GAUGE ON DUCK CREEK NEAR MACKSBURG WAS AT 12.5 FEET AND
RISING. AT 13 FEET, MAIN STREET NEAR THE CREEK FLOODS AND
AGRICULTURAL FIELDS ADJACENT TO CREEK FLOOD.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MACKSBURG AND LOWER SALEM.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE, 800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3955 8147 3960 8147 3965 8147 3965 8145
3963 8145 3963 8142 3963 8141 3962 8141
3962 8140 3961 8139 3960 8139 3955 8139
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