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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

725 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN WEST VIRGINIA...



  BARBOUR...    BRAXTON...      CLAY...         DODDRIDGE...

  FAYETTE...    GILMER...       HARRISON....    LEWIS...

  NICHOLAS...   POCAHONTAS...   RANDOLPH...     TAYLOR...

  UPSHUR...     WEBSTER...



THE HEAVY RAINS OF THIS AFTERNOON HAVE PUSHED EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS 

AND THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR THE NIGHT.



SMALL STREAMS ARE RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL...AND A FEW HAVE 

OVERFLOWED INTO LOW LYING AREAS. THESE STREAMS WILL BEGIN FALLING 

DURING THE EVENING. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME STANDING WATER IN LOW 

LYING AREAS AND WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING AFTER DARK AND DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



.END/ZINN

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