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WGUS61 KRLX 191635
FFARLX
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1235 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2026
OHZ066-067-075-076-084-085-WVZ009>011-019-020-031-032-200045-
/O.NEW.KRLX.FA.A.0015.260819T2000Z-260820T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-VINTON-MEIGS-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-
RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-TAYLOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MCARTHUR, POMEROY, HARRISVILLE, HAMDEN,
VIENNA, MIDDLEBOURNE, PARKERSBURG, SISTERSVILLE, GRAFTON, ST.
MARYS, MARIETTA, CLARKSBURG, BELMONT, BELPRE, MCCONNELSVILLE, NEW
LEXINGTON, ATHENS, STOCKPORT, SOMERSET, WEST UNION, PENNSBORO,
CROOKSVILLE, PADEN CITY, AND BRIDGEPORT
1235 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, ATHENS, MEIGS, MORGAN, PERRY, VINTON AND WASHINGTON AND
WEST VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, DODDRIDGE,
HARRISON, PLEASANTS, RITCHIE, TAYLOR, TYLER AND WOOD.
* WHEN...FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE
ANTICIPATED, PARTICULARLY LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX AS
WELL AS ON OUR X AND FACEBOOK PAGES.
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