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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

340 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...

  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME 

MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS 

ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



AT 333 AM EDT...THE POMEROY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED...SINCE 1 AM 

35 ROADS ARE CLOSED...WATER STILL OVER ROADWAYS BUT APPEARS TO BE 

RECEDING.



<<< 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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