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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

805 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR 

SOUTHEASTERN OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON 

COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA AND MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA SOUTH OF AN LINE FROM 

MIDDLEBOURNE TO GLENVILLE TO WEBSTER SPRINGS...



ACTIVE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT CURRENTLY INCLUDE...

 

GALLIA COUNTY OHIO UNTIL 9 PM...

MEIGS COUNTY OHIO UNTIL 9:15 PM...

LAWRENCE COUNTY OHIO UNTIL 9:45 PM...

ATHENS AND VINTON COUNTIES IN OHIO UNTIL 10 PM...



SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSSED SOUTHEAST OHIO LATE THIS 

AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING DUMPING ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE 

HALF INCHES OF RAIN. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN...FALLING ON ALREADY VERY 

WET GROUND...HAS CAUSE MANY STREAMS TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 



WIDESPREAD SMALL STREAM FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN VINTON AND 

ATHENS COUNTIES IN OHIO. U S ROUTE 50 IS COVERED BY HIGH WATER IN 

SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN VINTON COUNTY...NEAR ALLENSVILLE AND 

RATCLIFFBURG.  SMALL STREAM FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN JACKSON 

AND GALLIA COUNTIES.



THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS THE 

MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA DURING THE EVENING. SOME AREAS COULD 

RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE

NECESSARY.



IN ADDITION TO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING RAIN...MORE SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEEN MOVING FROM NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY 

TOWARDS SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. MORE LOCALLY HEAVY 

RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY PUSH INTO THE AREA 

BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM...AND THE THREAT FOR MORE FLASH FLOODING IS 

HIGH. 



<<< 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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