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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
719 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
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ATHENS OH-VINTON OH-
719 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY PRIOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...WESTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 713 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT SOME ROADS
ACROSS NORTHEAST VINTON COUNTY CONTINUE TO BE IMPACTED BY HIGH
WATER, PARTICULARLY ALONG RACCOON CREEK. THIS INCLUDES STATE
ROUTE 677.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MCARTHUR, LAKE HOPE STATE PARK AND ZALESKI.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3924 8245 3924 8247 3929 8246 3939 8246
3938 8230 3929 8230 3929 8226 3922 8227
3923 8232
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