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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
237 AM EDT SUN SEP 13 2026
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ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-WASHINGTON OH-MASON WV-PLEASANTS WV-WOOD WV-
237 AM EDT SUN SEP 13 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY PRIOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN PLEASANTS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 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 235 AM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND
3.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE WARNED AREA ON SATURDAY. LINGERING
HIGH WATER REMAINS IN SOME LOCATIONS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PARKERSBURG, MARIETTA, BELPRE, RACINE, FORKED RUN STATE PARK,
VIENNA, RAVENSWOOD, WILLIAMSTOWN, LUBECK, WASHINGTON,
MINERALWELLS, BOAZ, NORTH HILLS, BLENNERHASSETT, DAVISVILLE,
LITTLE HOCKING, BELLEVILLE, REEDSVILLE, WAVERLY AND PORTLAND.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 170 AND 186.
ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 18.
- 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 3908 8181 3923 8174 3928 8176 3936 8163
3942 8139 3941 8131 3933 8127 3929 8129
3923 8139 3910 8175 3906 8181 3902 8177
3893 8176 3895 8182 3889 8186 3892 8191
3892 8190 3897 8192
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