698  
WGUS51 KRLX 161744  
FFWRLX  
OHC127-162045-  
/O.NEW.KRLX.FF.W.0156.260816T1744Z-260816T2045Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
144 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...  
 
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 144 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING THE WARNING AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO  
1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS  
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
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.  
 
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,  
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3968 8237 3974 8237 3974 8240 3983 8240  
3984 8245 3984 8247 3993 8246 3993 8242  
3992 8242 3991 8216 3982 8217 3982 8207  
3980 8207 3977 8208 3967 8209  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
JP  
 
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