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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
435 AM EDT WED AUG 12 2026
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ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-
435 AM EDT WED AUG 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1045 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 433 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED.
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
POINT PLEASANT, GALLIPOLIS, POMEROY, RIO GRANDE, ALBANY, RUTLAND,
FORKED RUN STATE PARK, MASON, TUPPERS PLAINS, MIDDLEPORT,
CHESTER, SYRACUSE, HARTFORD CITY, ZALESKI, VINTON, WILKESVILLE,
CHESHIRE, ADAMSVILLE AND DEXTER.
- 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 3920 8248 3929 8238 3922 8221 3919 8176
3909 8175 3908 8178 3908 8181 3906 8181
3900 8195 3899 8198 3903 8200 3902 8204
3899 8205 3897 8209 3890 8214 3884 8214
3880 8221 3884 8239 3892 8245 3904 8248
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