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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1045 PM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 445 AM EDT.
* AT 1045 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ATHENS, POMEROY, COOLVILLE, RUTLAND, FORKED RUN STATE PARK, MASON,
TUPPERS PLAINS, MIDDLEPORT, CHESTER, SYRACUSE, HARTFORD CITY,
DARWIN, HARRISONVILLE, DEXTER, DYESVILLE, REEDSVILLE, PORTLAND AND
SALEM CENTER.
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 3920 8213 3930 8215 3929 8185
3927 8182 3926 8172 3920 8174 3918 8176
3915 8174 3910 8175 3908 8178 3908 8181
3905 8181 3902 8177 3899 8178 3900 8198
3903 8202 3902 8204 3900 8205 3901 8232
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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