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WGUS41 KRLX 111948
FLWRLX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
348 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...
MUSKINGUM RIVER AT BEVERLY AFFECTING MORGAN AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES.
FOR THE MUSKINGUM RIVER...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 400 AM EDT.
OHC115-167-120800-
/O.EXT.KRLX.FL.W.0009.260811T2129Z-260813T0100Z/
/BEVO1.2.ER.260811T2129Z.260812T0600Z.260812T1900Z.NR/
348 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. THIS APPROACHES THE FLOOD OF
RECORD.
* WHERE...MUSKINGUM RIVER AT BEVERLY.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 29.0 FEET, LOW AREAS, FARMLAND, CAMPS, AND A FEW HOMES
ARE FLOODED. AT 34.0 FEET, SEVERAL AREAS NEAR THE RIVER ARE
FLOODED. HOMES, FARMLAND, CAMPS, SEVERAL SECTIONS OF ROUTE 60, AND
SECONDARY ROADS NEAR THE RIVER ARE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:45 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 34.0 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 29.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 34.8
FEET ON 04/03/2024.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3961 8175 3960 8149 3951 8146 3945 8151
3952 8184
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