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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1006 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



...FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SMALL STREAMS IN ATHENS AND VINTON COUNTIES

   OHIO EXPIRED AT 10 PM...



RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OF LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS 

EVENING CAUSED SMALL STREAM FLOODING FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS EVENING. 

HOWEVER...BY 10 PM STREAMS WERE FALLING STEADILY AND ONLY SOME 

MINOR HIGH WATER PROBLEMS PERSIST. THUS THE WARNINGS FOR THESE 

COUNTIES WERE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM.



THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON ON SATURDAY AS 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE FORECAST. 



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

WATER COVERS OR FLOWS ACROSS THE ROADWAYS. 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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