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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood warning at Aug 13, 2026, 8:46 AM EDT for Athens County, Ohio. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2026, 8:46 AM EDT (12:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2026, 8:16 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Athens County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Hocking River at Athens (ATHO1). The gauge peaked at 20.48 ft at Aug 13, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 18 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03159500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Aug 13, 5:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 5:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.