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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

155 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN 

KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY 

WAS MOVING EAST.  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED TO 

TRACK INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE WATCH AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF 

THE PREDAWN HOURS. THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED 

INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS FOR MUCH OF THE SAME AREA.



PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY

OF ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BEING ISSUED THIS MORNING.



LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



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JDS

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