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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA

1045 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE AT 1100 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING...



IN WEST VIRGINIA...



  GREENBRIER      MERCER          MONROE          SUMMERS



IN VIRGINIA...



  ALLEGHANY       BATH            BLAND          

  CRAIG           GILES           TAZEWELL



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED THIS MORNING AND THE THREAT 

FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOW OVER.  WHILE SCATTERED 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...RAINFALL RATES AND 

THE SCATTERED COVERAGE OF THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A 

SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD THREAT. ISOLATED AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID 

RISES IN SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR MEDIA SOURCES FOR ANY UPDATES IF 

NECESSARY.



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