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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
550 AM EDT WED AUG 12 2026
OHC009-105-115-163-167-WVC107-122200-
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ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-MORGAN OH-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-WOOD WV-
550 AM EDT WED AUG 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
WEST CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 600 PM 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 550 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY
IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ATHENS, BELPRE, NELSONVILLE, ALBANY, COOLVILLE, LAKE HOPE STATE
PARK, WASHINGTON, CHAUNCEY, BUCHTEL, JACKSONVILLE, TRIMBLE,
STROUD RUN STATE PARK, THE PLAINS AND LITTLE HOCKING.
- 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 3938 8229 3947 8228 3947 8223 3947 8217
3949 8217 3950 8216 3949 8205 3936 8204
3936 8157 3928 8164 3927 8169 3922 8169
3918 8178 3921 8222 3928 8238 3939 8235
3939 8231
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