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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
909 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2026
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WASHINGTON OH-
909 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SUNDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 858 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE GAUGE READING ON DUCK CREEK AT MACKSBURG
WAS AT 12 FEET AND RISING. THE GAUGE READING ON DUCK CREEK AT
WHIPPLE WAS BEGINNI9NG TO RISE.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.1 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARIETTA, MACKSBURG, LOWER SALEM AND DEVOLA.
- 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.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3959 8135 3944 8138 3945 8144 3953 8146
3958 8148 3958 8147 3965 8147 3965 8145
3963 8145 3963 8141 3962 8141 3961 8139
3960 8139 3960 8136 3959 8136
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