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WGUS71 KRLX 181043
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
643 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
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ATHENS OH-MORGAN OH-WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV-
643 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS, SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN, WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL
WOOD COUNTIES...
AT 643 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3.5 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.
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...
PARKERSBURG, MARIETTA, BELPRE, ST. MARYS, BEVERLY, COOLVILLE,
VIENNA, WILLIAMSTOWN, BELMONT, BOAZ, LUBECK, WASHINGTON,
MINERALWELLS, NEWPORT, MATAMORAS, NORTH HILLS, LOWELL, LOWER SALEM,
FLEMING AND DEVOLA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 186.
INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 13. ROUTE 50 IN WEST
VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 15.
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 3920 8222 3927 8181 3932 8185 3945 8184
3959 8159 3957 8104 3954 8104 3940 8121
3934 8137 3916 8145
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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