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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

548 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY 

AND THE SOUTHERN COAL FIELDS OF WEST VIRGINIA...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN 

NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM. IN WEST VIRGINIA 

THE FOLLOWING FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE...WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL 7 

PM...LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM...BOONE COUNTY UNTIL 730 

PM...FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM...RALEIGH COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM. 



TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AS WELL AS 

SOME LARGE HAIL...ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRED OVER FAR SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY...WEST OF 

HARTS IN LINCOLN COUNTY...AND NEAR THE WHITESVILLE AND PAX AREAS 

FROM SOUTHERN BOONE THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY. IN THESE 

AREAS RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVED OVER 3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL. 



THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST VIRGINIA HAS SHIFTED NORTHWARD 

INTO CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY 

STILL CROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. 



HEAVY RAIN HAS ALSO FALLEN IN THE CHAPMANVILLE AREA OF NORTHERN 

LOGAN COUNTY...AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY. SOME 

STREAMS IN THESE AREAS WILL NEAR BANKFULL LEVELS. PONDING OF WATER 

IN LOWLYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. 



<<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 QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.



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