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WGUS71 KRLX 220329

FFSRLX

OHZ083-220600-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1125 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2001



...A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JACKSON COUNTY OHIO 

UNTIL 5 AM...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY MORNING...



MANY SMALL STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE 

COUNTY...CONTINUE TO OVERFLOW. MANY ROADS ARE BLOCKED DUE TO HIGH 

WATER. STATE ROUTE 93 SOUTH OF JACKSON TO OAK HILL WAS BLOCKED IN 

SEVERAL SPOTS. ROUTES 139 AND 140 ARE ALSO CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED FOR NOW...MORE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE AREA AFTER 4 AM. 



THE REPORT OF THE FAILURE OF THE MADISON RESERVOIR NEAR PYRO BETWEEN 

8 AND 9 PM APPARENTLY WAS NOT CORRECT. THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFFS 

OFFICE NOTIFIED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHARLESTON WV 

AT 10:40 PM THAT THE REPORT OF THE FAILURE WAS APPARENTLY JUST A 

RUMOR...AND NOT FACT.



<<< 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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