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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1148 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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WASHINGTON OH-
1148 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 930 PM EDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1143 AM EDT, THE GAUGE ON DUCK CREEK IN MACKSBURG REPORTED A
STAGE OF 14 FEET AND WAS STILL SLOWLY RISING. AT 13.0 FEET, MAIN
STREET NEAR THE CREEK FLOODS AND AGRICULTURAL FIELDS ADJACENT TO
CREEK FLOOD. AT 14.5 FEET, THE CAMPGROUND NEXT TO THE GAUGE
FLOODS AND BROAD STREET NEAR THE GAUGE FLOODS.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARIETTA, MACKSBURG, LOWER SALEM AND DEVOLA.
- 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.
LAT...LON 3945 8144 3958 8147 3965 8147 3965 8145
3963 8145 3963 8141 3962 8141 3962 8140
3961 8140 3960 8139 3959 8136 3959 8131
3945 8138
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