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Part of: Morgan County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flood Warning issued August 11 at 4:47PM EDT until August 13 at 7:00AM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Athens, OH, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 41,346 acres
- Began
- To end
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Bulletin NWS Charleston WV
Flood Warning issued
Athens, OH
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 SW Jacksonville, OH
Creek overflowing.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NE Chauncey, OH
Report from mPING: Creek overflowing.
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 SE Chauncey, OH
Report from mPING: Creek overflowing.
Show 6 earlier updates
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- Athens County Independent News
Flooding in Athens: avoid Richland Avenue and East State Street between Stimson and May Avenue
- WHIZ News
Major Flooding Across Several Area Counties - WHIZ - Fox 5 / Marquee Broadcasting
- WHIZ News
Flooding and damage left behind by Monday night storms - WHIZ - Fox 5 / Marquee Broadcasting
- NBC4 WCMH-TV News
Overnight storms cause flooding, power outages in central Ohio
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.