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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
613 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
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ATHENS OH-
613 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR ATHENS COUNTY...
AT 613 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 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. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING WITH VEHICLES
STUCK IN HIGH WATER IN ATHENS.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
ATHENS, NELSONVILLE, ALBANY, CHAUNCEY, BUCHTEL, AMESVILLE, THE
PLAINS AND STROUD RUN STATE PARK.
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 3930 8182 3927 8182 3920 8225 3920 8227
3929 8226 3929 8230 3947 8228 3945 8184
3932 8185 3932 8183 3930 8184
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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