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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1015 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST 

VIRGINIA..SOUTHEAST OHIO..EASTERN KENTUCKY...BUCHANAN AND DICKENSON 

COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...



RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS LATEST ROUND OF RAIN RANGED FROM 0.50 TO 

1.00 INCHES.  IN SOME AREAS THIS IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING 

PROBLEMS ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.  



THE AREAS OF CONCERN ARE MAINLY FROM CHARLESTON SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 

VIRGINIA.  WHERE SOILS ARE SATURATED AND CANT HOLD ANY WATER.  

ELSEWHERE, SOILS ARE WET TO SATURATED AND ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINS 

COULD CAUSE FLOODING JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE REGION.



IN WEST VIRGINIA...SOME REPORTS INDICATED THAT PORTIONS OF STATE 

ROUTE 3 IN LINCOLN...BOONE AND RALEIGH COUNTIES HAD WATER ON IT.

STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RISING EVERYWHERE WHERE WARNINGS ARE IN 

EFFECT.  FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT IN KANAWHA AND LINCOLN 

COUNTIES UNTIL 11:30 AM.  IN ROANE COUNTY UNTIL 11:45 AM. IN 

BOONE..LOGAN..MCDOWELL..MINGO..RALEIGH AND WYOMING COUNTIES UNTIL 

12:30 PM.



IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...REPORTS FROM DICKENSON COUNTY INDICATED THAT 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN IN CLINTWOOD AND WATER WAS IN THE SCHOOL 

PARKING LOT. IN CRAB TREE HOLLOW NEAR ROUTE 72...FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED ALSO.  A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:45 AM IN 

DICKENSON COUNTY.  

 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THIS 

AFTERNOON. PERSONS ALONG STREAMS AND CREEK SHOULD MONITOR WATER 

LEVELS.



<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE 

POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AS 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES IS EXPECTED. AVOID 

DRIVING ACROSS FLOODED ROADS AND STREETS. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT PLAY IN

DRAINAGE AREAS.



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