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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
929 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
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ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-MEIGS OH-WASHINGTON OH-JACKSON WV-MASON WV-
WOOD WV-
929 PM EDT MON SEP 21 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT TUESDAY
* WHAT...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTH CENTRAL MASON COUNTY IN WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* WHEN...UNTIL 900 AM EDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND
OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 921 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS THAT
WERE FLOODED IN THE WARNED AREA DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER
THUNDERSTORMS. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS ONGOING.
- THE SHADE RIVER GAUGE AT CHESTER HAS REACHED 28 FEET AND
CONTINUES TO RISE. THIS IS THE THIRD HIGHEST WATER LEVEL ON
RECORD, RIVALING WHAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2004, WHEN THE
RIVER BREACHED 30 FEET. ROADS THAT NORMALLY DO NOT FLOOD WILL
FLOOD!!
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ATHENS, POMEROY, COOLVILLE, RUTLAND, FORKED RUN STATE PARK,
MASON, TUPPERS PLAINS, MIDDLEPORT, CHESTER, SYRACUSE, HARTFORD
CITY, DARWIN, HARRISONVILLE, DEXTER, DYESVILLE, REEDSVILLE,
PORTLAND, AND SALEM CENTER.
- 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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3901 8232 3912 8231 3920 8213 3930 8215
3929 8185 3927 8182 3926 8172 3920 8174
3918 8176 3915 8174 3910 8175 3908 8178
3908 8181 3905 8181 3902 8177 3899 8178
3900 8198 3903 8202 3902 8204 3900 8205
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