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WGUS71 KRLX 181224
FFSRLX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
824 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
OHC009-053-079-105-163-WVC035-053-107-181330-
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ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-JACKSON WV-
MASON WV-WOOD WV-
824 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS, NORTHERN GALLIA, JACKSON, MEIGS,
SOUTHERN VINTON, NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON, SOUTHWESTERN WOOD AND NORTH
CENTRAL MASON COUNTIES...
AT 824 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1
AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT
NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
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...
JACKSON, WELLSTON, POMEROY, OAK HILL, RIO GRANDE, RACINE, RUTLAND,
FORKED RUN STATE PARK, NEW HAVEN, MASON, TUPPERS PLAINS,
MINERALWELLS, MIDDLEPORT, CHESTER, HAMDEN, SYRACUSE, HARTFORD CITY,
COALTON, VINTON AND WILKESVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 157
AND 168.
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 8276 3919 8254 3921 8231 3917 8145
3903 8160 3884 8244 3883 8258 3884 8258
3885 8276 3887 8276 3892 8275 3892 8276
3894 8275 3895 8281 3917 8279 3917 8277
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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