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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1250 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
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WASHINGTON OH-
1250 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 700 PM EDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...IN MACKSBURG, MAIN STREET NEAR THE CREEK FLOODS AT 13
FEET. IN WHIPPLE, AT 12 FEET, THE INTERSECTION OF KOHL ROAD AND
WHIPPLE RUN ROAD FLOOD DUE TO BACKWATER FLOODING OF WHIPPLE RUN.
ROUTE 16 FLOODS ABOVE STANLEYVILLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1244 PM EDT, THE AUTOMATED GAUGES ON DUCK CREEK AT BOTH
MACKSBURG AND WHIPPLE REMAIN IN MINOR FLOOD AND WERE SLOWLY
FALLING.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARIETTA, MACKSBURG, LOWER SALEM AND DEVOLA.
- THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND
17.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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.
LAT...LON 3963 8145 3963 8141 3962 8141 3962 8140
3961 8140 3960 8139 3959 8136 3959 8131
3945 8138 3945 8144 3958 8147 3965 8147
3965 8145
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