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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
149 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
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ATHENS OH-MORGAN OH-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-
149 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...CENTRAL ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 149 PM EDT, THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED
THAT SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN THE THE AREA.
STATE ROUTES 328 AND 56 IN VINTON COUNTY REMAIN CLOSED ALONG WITH
STATE ROUTES 356, 550, AND 56 IN ATHENS COUNTY. AREA CREEKS WILL
BEGIN TO SLOWLY RECEDE TO WITHIN THEIR BANKS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ATHENS, NELSONVILLE, LAKE HOPE STATE PARK, CHAUNCEY, BUCHTEL,
AMESVILLE, THE PLAINS AND STROUD RUN STATE PARK.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3930 8230 3932 8247 3939 8247 3939 8236
3938 8229 3947 8228 3945 8184 3938 8185
3929 8185 3929 8214
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