018  
WGUS41 KPBZ 202141  
FLWPBZ  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
541 PM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026  
 
OHC013-081-PAC125-WVC009-069-210015-  
/O.EXT.KPBZ.FA.W.0056.000000T0000Z-260921T0015Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
BELMONT OH-JEFFERSON OH-WASHINGTON PA-BROOKE WV-OHIO WV-  
541 PM EDT SUN SEP 20 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT THIS EVENING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...EASTERN BELMONT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON OH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...  
WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...  
BROOKE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 815 PM EDT.  
 
* 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. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR  
STANDING WATER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 540 PM EDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MANY AREA ROADWAYS  
WERE STILL CLOSED WITH MOST AREA CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS NEAR  
THE BETHANY AREA. FLOODING IS ONGOING. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF  
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
WHEELING, MARTINS FERRY, WARWOOD, WELLSBURG, WEST LIBERTY,  
TRIADELPHIA, CLEARVIEW, VALLEY GROVE, TILTONSVILLE, BRIDGEPORT,  
YORKVILLE, BETHANY, FRANKLIN, BEECH BOTTOM, BRILLIANT, WINDSOR  
HEIGHTS, RAYLAND AND WEST ALEXANDER.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4006 8073 4006 8076 4020 8071 4025 8067  
4033 8050 4008 8051 4005 8052  
 
 
 
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