Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at weather.gov/pbz.
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh PA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Ohio...
Muskingum River At Coshocton affecting Coshocton County.
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO TOMORROW AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Muskingum River at Coshocton.
* WHEN...From late tonight to tomorrow afternoon.
* 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.
At 16.0 feet, Flood waters begin to affect the Lake Park area
along the Walhonding River and begins backwater flooding along
Mill Creek north of Lake Park and along Route 83. Flood waters
will begin to enter yards in low-lying areas along County Route 1A.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:00 PM EST Monday the stage was 14.5 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 13.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
just after midnight tonight to a crest of 15.3 feet tomorrow
morning. It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow
morning.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
- Flood History...No available flood history.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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