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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
843 PM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
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ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-
843 PM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE. IT WILL
TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK
THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 838 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODED
ROADWAYS IN THE WARNED AREA DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS
MORNING. FLOODING IS ONGOING. BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MCARTHUR, ALBANY, ZALESKI, CARPENTER, RADCLIFFE, AND CREOLA.
- 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 3912 8231 3912 8232 3913 8239 3923 8238
3924 8248 3932 8247 3930 8216 3920 8213
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