500
WGUS71 KRLX 180947
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
547 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
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VINTON OH-
547 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR VINTON COUNTY...
AT 547 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3
AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO
0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE
GENERAL STORE ON U.S. 50 IN RITCHIE TOWNSHIP.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MCARTHUR, LAKE HOPE STATE PARK, ZALESKI, CREOLA, ALLENSVILLE AND
EAGLE MILLS.
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 3921 8271 3921 8276 3937 8275 3936 8264
3938 8263 3937 8252 3940 8251 3938 8230
3929 8230 3929 8226 3921 8227 3921 8231
3918 8253 3919 8257 3919 8265 3920 8265
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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