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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
510 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* UNTIL 900 AM EDT.
* AT 510 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS HAD
PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5
AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE,
BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING, INCLUDING ROAD CLOSURES AND WATER RESCUES, INCLUDING IN
NEW LEXINGTON, CROOKSVILLE AND ROSEVILLE.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED.
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...
NEW LEXINGTON, SOMERSET, PERRY STATE FOREST, CROOKSVILLE,
THORNVILLE, JUNCTION CITY AND GLENFORD.
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 3982 8207 3967 8209 3968 8237 3974 8237
3974 8240 3983 8240 3984 8247 3993 8246
3993 8242 3992 8242 3991 8216 3982 8217
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
JP
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