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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
726 PM EDT WED SEP 23 2026
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GALLIA OH-VINTON OH-
726 PM EDT WED SEP 23 2026
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...FLOODING DUE TO RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE LAST
FEW DAYS IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 300 PM EDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING ALONG RACCOON CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IS
OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 720 PM EDT, COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOODING OF THE
RACCOON CREEK IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. STATE ROUTE
124 IN SOUTHERN VINTON COUNTY REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. IN
THE CITY OF VINTON, STATE ROUTE 325 AT STATE ROUTE 160 IS CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING. STATE ROUTE 554 BETWEEN RIO GRANDE AND BIDWELL
IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
- THE RACCOON CREEK GAUGE AT ADAMSVILLE HAS BREACHED ACTION STAGE
AND CONTINUES TO SLOWLY RISE.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RIO GRANDE, VINTON, WILKESVILLE, ADAMSVILLE, AND RADCLIFFE.
- 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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3903 8243 3921 8241 3921 8231 3911 8232
3885 8232 3879 8224 3876 8221 3876 8220
3874 8219 3870 8219 3871 8225 3877 8236
3887 8245
SINCAVAGE
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