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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

133 AM EST FRI FEB 16 2001



THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES...BUT ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ARE

FORESEEN THROUGH 4 OCLOCK.



THE TYGART VALLEY RIVER ROSE QUICKLY THURSDAY EVENING...IN RESPONSE

TO THE RAINS FROM EARLY THURSDAY.  SINCE NO SIGNIFICANT RAINS FELL

DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING...THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE

RIVER HAVE STOPPED RISING.  FURTHER DOWN THE RIVER...IN BARBOUR

COUNTY...THE RIVER WAS RISING SLOWER NOW...AT BOTH BELINGTON AND 

PHILIPPI.  THE TYGART VALLEY RIVER WAS AROUND THREE QUARTER 

BANKFULL.  THE STAGE AT BELINGTON WAS BELOW 11 FEET...WITH THE FLOOD 

STAGE AT 14 FEET.  AT PHILIPPI...THE STAGE WAS BETWEEN 13 AND 14 

FEET.  FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET AT PHILIPPI.  



ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL AFFECT THE TYGART VALLEY BASIN TODAY.  SO

A SECONDARY CREST IS POSSIBLE LATE TODAY OR FRIDAY NIGHT. 

HOWEVER...IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN OVER 

THE BASIN IN LESS THAN 6 HOURS...TO CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO APPROACH 

FLOOD STAGE.



.END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

        







  

    

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