970  
WGUS81 KPBZ 100140  
FLSPBZ  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA  
940 PM EDT THU APR 9 2026  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED TO MINOR SEVERITY AND INCREASED IN  
DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...  
 
MUSKINGUM RIVER AT COSHOCTON AFFECTING COSHOCTON COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS  
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WEATHER.GOV/PBZ.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY MORNING AT 1130 AM EDT.  
 

 
 
OHC031-101530-  
/O.EXT.KPBZ.FL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260411T1200Z/  
/CSHO1.1.ER.260404T1145Z.260405T0645Z.260411T0600Z.NO/  
940 PM EDT THU APR 9 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MUSKINGUM RIVER AT COSHOCTON.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, WATER REACHES LOW LYING AREAS BETWEEN  
TUSCARAWAS AND WALHONDING RIVERS JUST UPSTREAM OF THE CONFLUENCE OF  
THE TWO RIVERS. AT 15.0 FEET, LOW AREAS ARE FLOODED AND WATER  
REACHES A FEW HOMES ALONG ROUTE 16 SOUTH OF COSHOCTON AND ALONG  
COUNTY ROUTE 1A NORTH OF COSHOCTON.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:00 PM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.2 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING  
AT 9:00 PM EDT THURSDAY WAS 15.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.3 FEET  
TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY  
SATURDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4024 8189 4030 8197 4029 8183 4023 8184  
 

 
 
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