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WGUS71 KRLX 190634

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

233 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 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 SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT CURRENTLY INCLUDE...



LAWRENCE COUNTY IN OHIO UNTIL 4:30 AM...



BOYD AND GREENUP COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY UNTIL 4:30 AM.

 

LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY UNTIL 5 AM.



LINCOLN...WAYNE...CABELL AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 

5 AM.



RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN FRIDAY CONTINUES TO KEEP MANY SMALL STREAMS 

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WELL ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. FLOODING IS 

OCCURRING ON STREAMS IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO ..NORTHEASTERN 

KENTUCKY AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. 



THE FOCUS FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 4 HOURS WILL REMAIN NEARLY UNCHANGED OR 

MOVE A BIT FARTHER NORTH.  RAINFALL WILL PERSIST ACROSS NORTHEASTERN 

KENTUCKY AND EDGE NORTHWARD BACK INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN 

OHIO...AND EXTEND EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. 

SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK 

ACROSS THIS AREA AND MORE SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS LIKELY. 



RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAL RIVER...ESPECIALLY FROM 

NEAR MADISON DOWNSTREAM THROUGH TORNADO TO ITS MOUTH ON THE KANAWHA 

RIVER.  PARTS OF SAINT ALBANS ALONG THE COAL WERE BEING EVACUATED 

EARLY THIS MORNING.  SEE THE LATEST CRWFLSRLX FOR DETAILS.



<<< 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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