177  
WGUS41 KRLX 220115  
FLWRLX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
915 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026  
 
OHC009-105-163-221300-  
/O.EXT.KRLX.FA.W.0135.000000T0000Z-260922T1300Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
ATHENS OH-MEIGS OH-VINTON OH-  
915 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT TUESDAY
 
 
* 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 900 AM EDT TUESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN  
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 914 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS THAT  
WERE FLOODED IN THE WARNED AREA DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER  
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING.  
- 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.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
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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