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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

335 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR POCAHONTAS COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR POCAHONTAS AND RANDOLPH

   COUNTIES...



VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUES TO RESIDE ACROSS THE 

MOUNTAIN AREAS OF WEST VIRGINIA. EASTERLY FLOW INTO THE MOUNTAINS 

HAS PROVIDED THE TRIGGER FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM. LIGHT WINDS 

ALOFT ARE PROVIDING LITTLE PUSH FOR THESE STORMS...THUS MOST STORMS 

HAVE BEEN SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT.



AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES RECORDED 1.10 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR...AND 

1.61 INCHES IN 3 HOURS AT PADDY KNOB IN EASTERN POCAHONTAS COUNTY. 

RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES IN THAT SAME AREA INDICATE THAT UP TO 

3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THE SLATY FORK AREA. 



SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY REPORT WATER OVER U S ROUTE 

219 IN SEVERAL PLACES IN THE SLATY FORK AREA. 



THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM...DUMP HEAVY RAINFALL AND THEN 

DISSIPATE...ONLY TO REFORM IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA. THE STORMS ARE 

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR. 



MOST OF THE STORMS HAVE BEEN RIDING THE RIDGE LINES...BUT A FEW MAY 

SPILL OVER INTO PORTIONS OF BARBOUR...UPSHUR...WEBSTER AND NICHOLAS 

COUNTIES. 



DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADWAYS.



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