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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

503 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST 

OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND 

BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. 



TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BROUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL TO PORTIONS OF 

OUR REGION.  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BOONE COUNTY WEST 

VIRGINIA UNTIL 6:30 AM.  



IN GALLIA AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...HEAVY 

RAINFALL OCCURRED DURING THURSDAY EVENING NEAR SYMMES CREEK AND 

SEVERAL OF ITS TRIBUTARIES. AS A RESULT...SYMMES CREEK AND STREAMS 

THAT FEED INTO IT ARE EXPECTED TO RUN HIGHER THAN NORMAL THIS 

MORNING. STAY AWAY FROM SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS.  



IN WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA...RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL PROMPTED 

LAUREL CREEK ALONG STATE ROUTE 37 TO RISE TO AROUND BANKFULL.  SOME 

MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR ALONG LAUREL CREEK EARLY THIS 

MORNING. 



TRAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO CROSS THROUGH 

NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH DAYBREAK. 

DURING MID MORNING A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

EXPECTED TO TRACK THROUGH SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. 

DUE TO THE TRAINING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE 

TO TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. 



<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.



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