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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1019 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN WEST VIRGINIA...



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

  KANAWHA...LINCOLN...LOGAN...MASON...MCDOWELL...MINGO               

  NICHOLAS...PLEASANTS...PUTNAM...RALEIGH...RITCHIE 

  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 NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT CONTINUES TO BRING US SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SAME AREAS.  THIS TREND CONTINUES TODAY WITH 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORECASTED.  SHORT INTERVALS BETWEEN 

ROUNDS OF RAINFALL IS CAUSING THE GROUND TO BECOME SATURATED.  

ADDITIONAL MOISTURE MAY CAUSE RAPID RISES IN STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 

THE WATCH AREA.



<<< 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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