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FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

204 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CABELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



AND HAS CONTINUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT...



* AT 2 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SOME ROADS STILL IN

  FLOOD AND CREEKS AND STREAMS CLOSE TO BANKFULL.  NATIONAL

  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL

  CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS BOYD AND GREENUP COUNTIES THROUGH 5 AM.

  THESE STORMS COULD BRING A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH RAINFALL PER

  HOUR.  THIS WOULD KEEP CREEKS AND STREAMS NEAR BANKFULL OR PUSH

  THEM OVER BANKFULL WHILE CAUSING FARTHER FLOODING OVER ROADWAYS.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WINFIELD...WAYNE...

  HUNTINGTON...HAMLIN...BEECH FORK STATE PARK...YATESVILLE LAKE STATE

  PARK...LOUISA AND BLAINE.



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

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER

BEGINS RISING.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.



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