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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

925 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001



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



THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PROGRESSED OUT OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO 

AND THROUGH MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA BY 920 PM. THE BAND 

OF PRECIPITATION NOW EXTENDS FROM NEAR GRAFTON IN TAYLOR COUNTY 

THROUGH GLENVILLE AND SPENCER AND ON TO JUST EAST OF HUNTINGTON. THE 

BAND OF STORMS THEN EXTENDED SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY.



THE STORMS IN THIS LINE HAVE DECREASED IN  INTENSITY THE PAST 

HOUR...BUT STILL ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. 

RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN 

HOUR HAS BEEN COMMON WITH THESE STORMS. A FEW LOCATIONS HAVE SEEN 

AROUND AN INCH OF RAINFALL. NO SERIOUS FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED..BUT STREET FLOODING HAS OCCURRED. 



THE BAND OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WEST VIRGINIA 

MOUNTAINS BY 11 PM. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE 

IN INTENSITY DURING THAT TIME. IT NOW APPEARS THAT THAT THE BIGGEST 

THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA INTO 

SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. 



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. 



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