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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

200 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT THIS 

WEDNESDAY EVENING 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...



THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN PUSHED EASTWARD ACROSS THE 

AREA DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. BY 2 PM THE 

PRECIPITATION WAS CROSSING THE WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS. 



A BREAK IN THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS 

EASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA EARLY 

THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THIS BREAK WILL NOT LAST LONG AS 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING WEST OF THE AREA. THESE 

STORMS...AND OTHER STORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THE REGION...ARE EXPECTED 

TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN..BEGINNING BY MID AFTERNOON. LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAIN IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY INTO THE EVENING HOURS.



THE GROUND IS VERY WET IN MANY LOCATIONS. RAINFALL OF ONE TO ONE AND 

ONE HALF INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS WILL BEGIN FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE 

EXPECTED TO RISE QUICKLY TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL LEVELS. REMEMBER, 

A WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT.

  

<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> BE READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY IF FLASH FLOODING 

IS OBSERVED OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT DRIVE INTO 

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF 

THREATENING WATER LEVELS OCCUR.



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