High water causes delays, road closures in the Mid-Ohio Valley | News, Sports, Jobs

PARKERSBURG — Heavy rains Thursday continued to cause minor flooding in the Mid-Ohio Valley, prompting one school in Ohio to close and another in West Virginia to go on a two-hour delay.

In the area around Beverly, the National Weather Service in Charleston issued a flood warning from 9:43 a.m. until Saturday morning as the Muskingum River is expected to crest at 30.1 feet.

The flood Stage is 29 feet in the area.

Noble County was under a flood warning from Friday morning to 4 p.m., and Washington County was under two flood warnings for Friday, 9:11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 2:51 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Noble Local School District closed and went to distance learning and Roane County Schools was running on a two-hour delay, both due to high water.

Roads that were closed included:

* State Route-669 — both directions — from 13th Street to SR-555.

* SR-148 West — beyond Clover Ridge Rd.

* SR-356 — both directions — from SR-356 to Rockcamp Rd.

* SR-56 — both directions — from SR-691 to beyond Dogwood Ridge Rd.

* SR-26 — both directions — from Griffin Hill Rd to Sackett Run Rd.

No road closings were reported in West Virginia.

Larry Launstein Jr. can be reached at [email protected].