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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

340 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM 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...AND WYOMING



IN KENTUCKY...



  BOYD...CARTER...GREENUP...AND LAWRENCE...



IN OHIO...



  ATHENS...GALLIA...JACKSON...LAWRENCE...

  MEIGS...MORGAN...PERRY...VINTON...AND WASHINGTON



IN VIRGINIA...



  BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON



A STATIONARY FRONT CONTINUES TO BE THE FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND AN INCH IN ONE 

HOUR MAY CAUSE SOME FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 

WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN COAL FIELDS.  DUE TO THE 

RECENT HEAVY RAINS THE GROUND HAS BECOME SATURATED AND FURTHER 

RAINFALL WILL BE MAINLY RUNOFF.  



THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO 

EVENING AS A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX PROGRESSES EASTWARD.  



<<< 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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