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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
154 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 200 PM EDT.
OHC009-221800-
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154 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...HOCKING RIVER AT ATHENS.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:15 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.8 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 20.2 FEET
EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 20.1
FEET ON 02/10/2019.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3941 8210 3929 8189 3930 8212 3939 8219
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