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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
531 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026  
 
OHC009-115-163-167-220400-  
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ATHENS OH-MORGAN OH-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-  
531 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT  
 
* 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 MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 530 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 THIS EVENING.  
- 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 8234  
3938 8229 3947 8228 3945 8184 3938 8185  
3929 8185 3929 8214 3930 8226  
 
 
 
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