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WGUS71 KRLX 190449

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OHZ085-086-190545-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1243 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



...THE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SMALL STREAMS IN GALLIA AND MEIGS COUNTIES 

   IN OHIO EXPIRED AT 12:30 AM...



SMALL STREAMS THAT HAD BEEN OUT OF THEIR BANKS EARLIER THIS EVENING 

HAVE BEEN FALLING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AND MOST HAVE RETURNED 

TO WITHIN THEIR BANKS. SOME MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE 

NEXT HOUR OR SO...BUT NO SERIOUS FLOODING IS EXPECTED FOR NOW. 



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN OHIO UNTIL 

NOON ON SATURDAY. WITH THE STREAMS WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND THE GROUND 

VERY WET...RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IN AN HOUR WILL PROMPT 

THE ISSUANCE OF NOW WARNINGS.





<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

DRIVE THROUGH WATER STANDING ON OR FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS AS IT IS 

EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER.



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