987  
WGUS41 KRLX 122159  
FLWRLX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
559 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026  
 
OHC053-079-WVC053-130300-  
/O.EXT.KRLX.FA.W.0116.000000T0000Z-260913T0300Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-MASON WV-  
559 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...  
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...  
NORTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 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 557 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED REPORTED WIDESPREAD  
FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS.  
FLOODING IS ONGOING. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE  
FALLEN.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
POINT PLEASANT, GALLIPOLIS, RIO GRANDE, HENDERSON, VINTON,  
CHESHIRE, ADAMSVILLE, GAGE, AND CENTERPOINT.  
- 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 3886 8251 3890 8247 3891 8245 3898 8239  
3895 8210 3885 8209 3876 8222 3870 8234  
 

 
 
SINCAVAGE  
 
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