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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1101 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026
OHC009-105-167-WVC035-053-073-085-105-107-130700-
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ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-WASHINGTON OH-JACKSON WV-MASON WV-PLEASANTS WV-
RITCHIE WV-WIRT WV-WOOD WV-
1101 PM EDT SAT SEP 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SUNDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY PRIOR 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 300 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SOME ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1056 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND
3.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE WARNED AREA EARLIER TODAY.
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
- 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.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3889 8186 3892 8191 3892 8190 3894 8190
3895 8191 3897 8192 3908 8181 3919 8176
3923 8174 3935 8180 3936 8179 3937 8176
3944 8126 3916 8124 3904 8155 3887 8183
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