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Officals Watch Creeks As Rain Falls

Water Could Strand Tuscarawas Neighborhood

With flood watches and warnings taking effect throughout the Ohio Valley, Emergency Management Officials are on-call throughout Tuesday evening and Wedneday morning.

Tuscarawas County EMA officials have warned about 50 residents of Michael Lane near the community of Zoar that rising water could leave their street inaccessible by car.

If waters continue to rise through the night, those residents will be contacted by the county's reverse 911 system.

While 911 dispatchers reported a quiet evening in Jefferson, Brooke and Hancock Counties, EMA crews were on standby in Marshall and Ohio Counties.

Marshall County officials were making regular checks of Big Grave, Big Wheeling and Fish Creeks.

In Ohio County, they are staying one step ahead of the storm with new technology that measures rainfall right at the EMA headquarters in Wheeling.

Stay with Severe Weather Team 9 and WTOV9.com for continuing coverage

Nate Adams, NEWS9

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