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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

559 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



...RACCOON CREEK RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL FLOW...



RACCOON CREEK HAS BEEN RUNNING ABNORMALLY HIGH FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND 

CONTINUES TO DO SO.  WHILE THE CREEK IS STILL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 

THE GAGE AT ADAMSVILLE...THE CREEK HAS OVERFLOWED AND SPILLED ACROSS 

MANY FIELDS AND SECONDARY ROADS ALONG AND NEAR IT.  THIS IS IN 

RESPONSE TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF THE PAST WEEK.



OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN VINTON COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHERN GALLIA 

COUNTY...ARISING MOSTLY FROM A LARGE THUNDERSTORM THAT ROLLED 

THROUGH MONDAY.  AS SUCH...MOST OF THE PROBLEMS WERE IN GALLIA 

COUNTY...ALTHOUGH THERE WERE ALSO SOME PROBLEMS IN VINTON COUNTY.



RACCOON CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH FOR THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF DAYS.  IT TAKES PARTICULARLY LONG FOR BACKWATER PROBLEMS 

ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH FLOW ALONG THIS CREEK TO ABATE.





<<< 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.



.END/TRM/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE





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FFSRLX

OHZ084-086-230300-

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

559 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



...RACCOON CREEK RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL FLOW...



RACCOON CREEK HAS BEEN RUNNING ABNORMALLY HIGH FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND 

CONTINUES TO DO SO.  WHILE THE CREEK IS STILL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 

THE GAGE AT ADAMSVILLE...THE CREEK HAS OVERFLOWED AND SPILLED ACROSS 

MANY FIELDS AND SECONDARY ROADS ALONG AND NEAR IT.  THIS IS IN 

RESPONSE TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF THE PAST WEEK.



OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN VINTON COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHERN GALLIA 

COUNTY...ARISING MOSTLY FROM A LARGE THUNDERSTORM THAT ROLLED 

THROUGH MONDAY.  AS SUCH...MOST OF THE PROBLEMS WERE IN GALLIA 

COUNTY...ALTHOUGH THERE WERE ALSO SOME PROBLEMS IN VINTON COUNTY.



RACCOON CREEK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH FOR THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF DAYS.  IT TAKES PARTICULARLY LONG FOR BACKWATER PROBLEMS 

ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH FLOW ALONG THIS CREEK TO ABATE.





<<< 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.



.END/TRM/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

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