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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1049 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN WEST VIRGINIA...



  BOONE           CABELL          CALHOUN         CLAY

  FAYETTE         JACKSON         KANAWHA         LINCOLN

  LOGAN           MASON           MCDOWELL        MINGO

  NICHOLAS        PUTNAM          RALEIGH         ROANE

  WAYNE           WIRT            WOOD            WYOMING



IN KENTUCKY...



  BOYD            CARTER          GREENUP         LAWRENCE



IN OHIO...



  ATHENS          GALLIA          JACKSON         LAWRENCE

  MEIGS           MORGAN          PERRY           VINTON

  WASHINGTON



IN VIRGINIA...



  BUCHANAN        DICKENSON





A STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN.  RECENT RAINS SINCE TUESDAY HAVE CAUSED 

GROUNDS TO BECOME SATURATED IN THE WATCH AREA.  WITH MORE SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS FORECASTED TO MOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND 

TONIGHT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES MAY CAUSE 

FLOODING.  



<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF

SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN

THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE

WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND

FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.

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