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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
806 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
OHC009-053-105-167-WVC035-053-107-230100-
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ATHENS OH-GALLIA OH-MEIGS OH-WASHINGTON OH-JACKSON WV-MASON WV-
WOOD WV-
806 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...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 PM EDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 806 AM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- 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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