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WGUS41 KRLX 131246
FLWRLX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
846 AM EDT THU AUG 13 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...
HOCKING RIVER AT ATHENS AFFECTING ATHENS COUNTY.
FOR THE HOCKING RIVER...MINOR 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 THIS EVENING AT 900 PM EDT.
OHC009-140100-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FL.W.0011.260813T1246Z-260814T1000Z/
/ATHO1.1.ER.000000T0000Z.260813T1800Z.260814T0417Z.NO/
846 AM EDT THU AUG 13 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO FRIDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...HOCKING RIVER AT ATHENS.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 21.0 FEET, SOUTH CANAAN ROAD AND TOWNSHIP ROAD 605 IN
THE VICINITY OF US ROUTE 50 FLOOD. GLEN EBON ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD.
HOCKHOCKING ADENA BIKEWAY NEAR WEST STATE STREET BEGINS TO FLOOD.
IN CHAUNCEY, AREAS ALONG OHIO ROUTES 13 AND 682 FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:45 AM EDT THURSDAY WAS 20.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 20.7 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 20.8
FEET ON 01/13/2005.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3941 8210 3929 8189 3930 8212 3939 8219
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