415  
WGUS41 KRLX 160950  
FLWRLX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
550 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
OHC115-127-167-161445-  
/O.NEW.KRLX.FA.W.0071.260816T0950Z-260816T1445Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-WASHINGTON OH-  
550 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT THIS MORNING
 
 
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...  
EAST CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...  
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1045 AM EDT.  
 
* IMPACTS...NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. STREAMS  
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 549 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MULTIPLE ROAD  
CLOSURES IN THE WARNED AREA DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS.  
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN  
HAVE FALLEN.  
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS  
EXPECTED.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
MCCONNELSVILLE, MALTA, BRISTOL, EAGLEPORT AND HACKNEY.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,  
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3977 8208 3975 8164 3967 8164 3966 8161  
3966 8159 3959 8159 3959 8171 3958 8172  
3967 8209 3975 8208  
 

 
 
JP  
 
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