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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

750 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING...



A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG OHIO 

RIVER BETWEEN OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA AT 745 PM. THE LINE EXTENDED 

INTO NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE 

QUARTER OF AN INCH HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN MANY LOCATIONS IN 

SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA AS THE LINE 

MOVED THROUGH. 



SOME STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER 

IN LOW AREAS. STREAMS IN THE REGION WHERE THE STORMS HAVE MOVED 

THROUGH WILL BE RUNNING HIGH...ALTHOUGH NO SERIOUS FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED THERE.



AS THE STORMS PUSH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN KENTUCKY...AND 

INTO WEST VIRGINIA FROM OHIO...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE. 



FLASH FLOODING MAY BEGIN WHERE RAINFALL OF ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF 

INCHES IN ONE HOUR OR LESS OCCURS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH 

WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS OF STANDING ON ROADWAYS. 



.END/ZINN

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