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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
243 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...
HOCKING RIVER AT ATHENS AFFECTING ATHENS COUNTY.
FOR THE HOCKING RIVER...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 245 AM EDT.
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243 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...HOCKING RIVER AT ATHENS.
* WHEN...UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, LOW AREAS, CAMPGROUND, AND PRIVATE CAMPS
ALONG THE RIVER BETWEEN ATHENS AND COOLVILLE BEGIN TO FLOOD. MUCH
OF THE CITY OF ATHENS IS PROTECTED UP TO 26 FEET BY LEVEES. IN
NELSONVILLE, THE BASEBALL FIELD ADJACENT TO LAKE HOPE DRIVE FLOODS.
AT 21.0 FEET, SOUTH CANAAN ROAD AND TOWNSHIP ROAD 605 IN THE
VICINITY OF US ROUTE 50 FLOOD. GLEN EBON ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD.
HOCKHOCKING ADENA BIKEWAY NEAR WEST STATE STREET BEGINS TO FLOOD.
IN CHAUNCEY, AREAS ALONG OHIO ROUTES 13 AND 682 FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:15 PM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 1:15 PM EDT MONDAY WAS 20.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 21.0 FEET
THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 20.8
FEET ON 04/06/2025.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3941 8210 3929 8189 3930 8212 3939 8219
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