161  
WGUS41 KRLX 120523  
FLWRLX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
123 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
OHC009-121715-  
/O.NEW.KRLX.FA.W.0009.260312T0523Z-260312T1715Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
ATHENS OH-  
123 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST OHIO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTY, ATHENS.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 115 PM EDT THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 123 AM EDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO  
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN  
SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
GLOUSTER, JACKSONVILLE AND TRIMBLE.  
- 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.  
 
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL  
FREE, 800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3945 8207 3948 8211 3951 8209 3952 8206  
 
 
 
JZ  
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