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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

815 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...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE 

AREA...PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN 

EFFECT FOR DICKENSON COUNTY VIRGINIA UNTIL 10:45 AM. A TRAINED 

WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED STREAMS IN THE CLINTWOOD AREA NEAR 

BANKFULL. ALSO...AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE REPORTED ONE AND A QUARTER 

INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST HOUR IN DICKENSON COUNTY. 



ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THROUGH OUR REGION DURING THIS MORNING. 

PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE 

POSSIBLE ANYWHERE THAT A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS.  



IN MEIGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...THE SHADE RIVER IN CHESTER IS 

CRESTING AROUND BANKFULL EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME MINOR FLOODING 

PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR ON LOW ROADS CLOSE TO THE SHADE RIVER. 



<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.



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