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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
633 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
OHC115-127-167-WVC073-095-161630-
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MORGAN OH-PERRY OH-WASHINGTON OH-PLEASANTS WV-TYLER WV-
633 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
WEST CENTRAL TYLER COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1230 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 633 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN
THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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 3955 8204 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
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