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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1000 PM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN 

EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING.



IN WEST VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES...

  BOONE...CABELL...CALHOUN...CLAY...FAYETTE...

  JACKSON...KANAWHA...LINCOLN...LOGAN...MASON...

  MCDOWELL...MINGO...NICHOLAS...PUTNAM...RALEIGH...

  ROANE...WAYNE...WIRT...WOOD...WYOMING.



IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES...

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



IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES...

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

  MORGAN...PERRY...VINTON...WASHINGTON.



IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES...

  BUCHANAN...DICKENSON.



THE FIRST ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA

DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MOST OF THE 

PRECIPITATION HAS NOW PUSHED INTO AND EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS.



MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM 

OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN 

WEST VIRGINIA. THUS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ESPECIALLY FROM EXTREME 

SOUTHEASTERN OHIO ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA AND 

SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.



<<< 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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