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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

558 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES...



IN WEST VIRGINIA...



  BARBOUR         BOONE           BRAXTON         CABELL

  CALHOUN         CLAY            DODDRIDGE       FAYETTE

  GILMER          HARRISON        JACKSON         KANAWHA

  LEWIS           LINCOLN         LOGAN           MASON

  MCDOWELL        MINGO           NICHOLAS        PLEASANTS

  POCAHONTAS      PUTNAM          RALEIGH         RANDOLPH

  RITCHIE         ROANE           TAYLOR          TYLER

  UPSHUR          WAYNE           WEBSTER         WIRT

  WOOD            WYOMING



IN KENTUCKY...



  BOYD            CARTER          GREENUP         LAWRENCE



IN OHIO...



  ATHENS          GALLIA          JACKSON         LAWRENCE

  MEIGS           MORGAN          PERRY           VINTON

  WASHINGTON



IN VIRGINIA...



  BUCHANAN        DICKENSON



A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO AND ACROSS 

MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA THROUGH MID MORNING. SOME OF THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN INCH OF RAINFALL IN AN 

HOUR. ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE 

ALREADY PRODUCED A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME STREAMS IN 

NORTHEAST KENTUCKY WILL RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL LEVELS IN RESPONSE TO 

THIS RAIN. PLEASE KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS.



<< CALL TO ACTION >>> BE READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY IF FLASH FLOODING 

IS OBSERVED OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO 

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF 

THREATENING WATER LEVELS OCCUR.



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