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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
149 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* UNTIL 545 AM EDT.
* AT 149 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
2.5 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING, INCLUDING ROAD CLOSURES AND WATER RESCUES,
INCLUDING IN NEW LEXINGTON, CROOKSVILLE AND ROSEVILLE.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW LEXINGTON, SOMERSET, PERRY STATE FOREST, CROOKSVILLE, JUNCTION
CITY AND EAGLEPORT.
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 3977 8208 3976 8187 3967 8203 3968 8237
3974 8237 3974 8240 3983 8240 3982 8217
3982 8207
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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