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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1020 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001



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



THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN WEST 

VIRGINIA BY 10:20 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LINGERED BEHIND THIS 

LINE. ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD CONTINUED TO 

WEAKEN...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE. RAINFALL OF ONE 

HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN AN HOUR HAS BEEN COMMON WITH 

THESE STORMS. A FEW LOCATIONS HAVE HAD SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SOME 

STREET FLOODING HAS OCCURRED...BUT NO SERIOUS FLOODING HAS BEEN 

REPORTED. 



NO FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT AS OF 10:20 PM.



THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS THE WATCH 

AREA THROUGH 11 PM. 



IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME LOCATIONS WILL 

SEE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.  A FEW LOCATIONS MAY ALSO 

HAVE STRONG WIND GUSTS. 



<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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