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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
524 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026
OHC009-105-167-WVC035-053-073-085-105-107-130315-
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ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-WASHINGTON OH-JACKSON WV-MASON WV-PLEASANTS WV-
RITCHIE WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
524 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT THIS EVENING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHWESTERN PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WEST CENTRAL RITCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 1115 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 521 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE
PARKERSBURG AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PARKERSBURG, MARIETTA, BELPRE, RACINE, FORKED RUN STATE PARK,
VIENNA, RAVENSWOOD, WILLIAMSTOWN, BELMONT, MINERALWELLS, LUBECK,
WASHINGTON, BOAZ, NORTH HILLS, DAVISVILLE, BLENNERHASSETT,
ROCKPORT, LITTLE HOCKING, WALKER AND BELLEVILLE.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 148 AND 186.
ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 25.
- 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 ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3897 8192 3908 8181 3919 8176 3923 8174
3935 8180 3936 8179 3937 8176 3944 8126
3916 8124 3904 8155 3887 8183 3889 8186
3892 8191 3892 8190 3894 8190 3895 8191
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