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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
918 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
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ATHENS OH-MORGAN OH-VINTON OH-WASHINGTON OH-
918 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT TUESDAY
* 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 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 917 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...
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.
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 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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