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UPDATE: Flood warnings were issued for the Lower Salem and Dart areas this afternoon until 5:45 p.m. after between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain fell.
According to the National Weather Service, an automated gauge indicated Duck Creek at Macksburg had reached a flood stage of 13 feet and was rising around 12:50 p.m., resulting in flooding in Macksburg and Lower Salem. Meanwhile, a little after 1 p.m., a gauge on the Little Muskingum River near the Bloomfield River showed water exceeding the 16-foot flood stage, with flooding expected near Ohio 26 and 260.
ST. MARYS – With rain continuing to fall and waterways continuing to swell, Pleasants County Schools dismissed students at 1 p.m. today.
District officials checked the roads Friday morning and determined conditions were safe for students to attend classes, said Eric Croasmun, director of curriculum, instruction and personnel for the district. But after a review later in the day, “they were concerned that in the lower-lying areas where a lot of our buses go, there was water coming up.”
In order to make sure students got home before road conditions became a problem, the decision was made to dismiss early, Croasmun said.
A flood watch remains in effect in Pleasants County and much of the region until Saturday afternoon.
In Ohio, Noble Local and Caldwell Exempted Village school districts called off classes Friday due to high water issues.