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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

952 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2001



THE MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL ACROSS BRAXTON AND 

UPSHUR COUNTIES THIS EVENING HAS ENDED.  THE LAST THREE DAYS OF 

RAINFALL HAVE SATURATED THE SOIL AND ALLOWED MUCH OF THE RAINFALL 

THIS EVENING TO RUN OFF INTO AREA WATERWAYS.  THE STREAMS AND RIVERS 

THAT HAD BEGUN TO FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON ARE BEGINNING TO RISE 

AGAIN THIS EVENING.  SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE 

THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT FEED INTO THE MIDDLE 

FORK RIVER DOWNSTREAM TOWARD AUDRA STATE PARK.  SOME MINOR FLOODING 

OF LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS OR SO.  THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION 

CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD 

WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 

RISING.



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