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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

845 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEASTERN 

OHIO...NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND ALL OF THE 

WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES IN THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY...



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT INCLUDE...



JACKSON COUNTY OHIO UNTIL 9:15 PM.

NORTHERN GALLIA COUNTY OHIO UNTIL 9:45 PM.

SOUTHERN VINTON AND SOUTHEASTERN ATHENS COUNTIES IN OHIO UNTIL

10:30 PM. 



A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS PUSHING ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA 

THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE WITH SOME OF THE 

STORMS AS THEY RACE EASTWARD. RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH HAS 

OCCURRED WITH MANY OF THE STORMS...WITH A FEW SPOTS REPORTING UP TO 

ONE AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. 



AS THIS LINE OF STORMS PASSES ON TO THE EAST OF ANY PARTICULAR 

LOCATION...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS MAY LINGER FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. 

AFTER THAT...THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK OF 3 TO 5 HOURS BEFORE THE 

THREAT OF MORE HEAVY RAIN RETURNS FROM THE WEST AS A COLD FRONT 

PUSHES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. 



MANY STREAMS ARE RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL..WITH STANDING WATER IN LOW 

LYING AREAS. THERE WILL LIKELY BE STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING SPOTS 

ON ROADWAYS DURING AND SHORTLY AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN MOVES THROUGH.  



<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SMALL

STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE QUICKLY TO NEAR OR ABOVE

BANKFULL LEVELS. REMEMBER, A WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE

BUT NOT IMMINENT.



<<< 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.



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