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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

5 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



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



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO    

   EXPIRE...



AT 436 AM EDT...THE JACKSON SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED THE WATER HAS 

RECEDED AND NO MAJOR ROADS ARE CLOSED AT THIS TIME.



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...BUT MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 6 AND 7 AM THIS MORNING.

 

<<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 TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.



.END/WHITEHEAD

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