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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
234 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
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ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-
234 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTHWESTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 228 PM EDT, THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED
THAT SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. IN VINTON
COUNTY, SEVERAL ROADS REMAINED CLOSED INCLUDING HIGHWAY 50 IN THE
BOLINS MILLS AREA AND IN PARTS OF MCARTHUR. STATE ROUTES 681 AND
356 REMAIN CLOSED IN ATHENS COUNTY. AREA CREEKS WILL BEGIN TO
SLOWLY RECEDE TO WITHIN THEIR BANKS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
- 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.
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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