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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
823 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
OHC053-079-087-105-163-WVC035-053-079-201700-
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GALLIA OH-JACKSON OH-LAWRENCE OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-JACKSON WV-
MASON WV-PUTNAM WV-
823 AM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING
IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. IT
WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK
THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 816 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL
ALSO CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON, WELLSTON, POINT PLEASANT, GALLIPOLIS, OAK HILL, RIO
GRANDE, RACINE, RAVENSWOOD, NEW HAVEN, GALLIA, MIDDLEPORT,
HARTFORD CITY, COALTON, HENDERSON, VINTON, LEON, WILKESVILLE,
CHESHIRE, ADAMSVILLE, AND GAGE.
- 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 3885 8265 3885 8273 3887 8276 3894 8275
3894 8276 3895 8276 3895 8280 3904 8280
3914 8279 3911 8232 3900 8232 3899 8189
3897 8170 3863 8201 3861 8206 3859 8206
3871 8240 3882 8265
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