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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1235 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
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MORGAN OH-
1235 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 400 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF THE MUSKINGUM RIVER AT AND NEAR
MCCONNELSVILLE IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1219 PM EDT, THE GAUGE AT MCCONNELSVILLE ON THE MUSKINGUM
RIVER WAS READING 6.1 FEET AND RISING. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO
CREST NEAR 7.5 FEET THIS EVENING. DUE TO THE RECENT DAM
REPLACEMENT, THE OFFICIAL FLOOD STAGE IS NO LONGER REPRESENTATIVE
OF KNOWN IMPACTS. FLOODING OF AREAS AWAY FROM THE GAUGE CAN BE
EXPECTED AT LOWER STAGES. AT STAGES OF 7.5 FEET, SECTIONS OF
ROUTE 669 ABOVE MALTA AND OTHER ROADS ALONG THE RIVER BEING TO
FLOOD. IN ADDITION, LOW-LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO THE RIVER,
INCLUDING RECREATIONAL BOAT RAMPS, WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MCCONNELSVILLE, MALTA, STOCKPORT AND EAGLEPORT.
- 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 AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3976 8188 3970 8187 3962 8179 3955 8173
3952 8179 3958 8185 3963 8189 3970 8194
3977 8194
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