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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
256 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* UNTIL 700 AM EDT.
* AT 256 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARIETTA, BEVERLY, MATAMORAS, LOWELL, STOCKPORT, MACKSBURG, LOWER
SALEM, DEVOLA AND NEW MATAMORAS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 17.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3966 8203 3958 8172 3959 8159 3966 8159
3958 8158 3958 8147 3965 8147 3963 8141
3960 8139 3959 8136 3959 8128 3961 8128
3961 8126 3958 8126 3957 8104 3954 8104
3945 8113 3943 8119 3948 8176 3955 8204
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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