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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
136 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
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ATHENS OH-JACKSON OH-VINTON OH-
136 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...WESTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING. SECTIONS OF WESTBOUND LANES
OF STATE HIGHWAY 50 REMAIN CLOSED WITHIN VINTON COUNTY DUE TO
FLOODING. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT
BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 132 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
BETWEEN 3 AND 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL THIS MORNING.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MCARTHUR, LAKE HOPE STATE PARK, ZALESKI, CREOLA, ALLENSVILLE AND
EAGLE MILLS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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 3937 8275 3936 8264 3938 8263
3937 8252 3940 8251 3938 8230 3929 8230
3929 8226 3921 8227 3918 8253 3919 8257
3919 8265 3920 8265 3921 8271
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