454  
WGUS41 KRLX 130134  
FLWRLX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
934 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
OHC009-163-130800-  
/O.EXT.KRLX.FA.W.0063.000000T0000Z-260813T0800Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
ATHENS OH-VINTON OH-  
934 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY PRIOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...  
NORTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 400 AM EDT THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA FROM HEAVY  
RAINFALL ON TUESDAY. SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 932 PM EDT, FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL ON TUESDAY CONTINUES  
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
ATHENS, NELSONVILLE, ALBANY, COOLVILLE, LAKE HOPE STATE PARK,  
CHAUNCEY, BUCHTEL, JACKSONVILLE, TRIMBLE, THE PLAINS AND STROUD  
RUN STATE PARK.  
- 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 3947 8228 3947 8217 3950 8216 3949 8205  
3936 8204 3936 8185 3932 8185 3930 8182  
3927 8182 3927 8172 3920 8174 3918 8178  
3921 8222 3928 8238 3939 8235 3938 8229  
 
 
 
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