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WGUS71 KRLX 081034

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WVZ011-020-031-081200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

623 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS POSTED FOR TYLER...DODDRIDGE...

AND SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY UNTIL 7:15 THIS MORNING.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE EXITED TO OUR SOUTH.  HOWEVER...A FEW

MORE SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...IN THE MUGGY

AIR.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL BETWEEN 3:30 AND 5:30 THIS MORNING...

CAUSING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW DURING THE PREDAWN

HOURS.  ROADS WERE FLOODED.  SO FAR...NO REPORTS OF EVACUATIONS HAVE

BEEN RECEIVED.  



THE MOST RAIN APPEARS TO HAVE FALLEN FROM NEAR JOSEPHS MILLS OF 

TYLER COUNTY ON SOUTHEAST TO THE WEST UNION...SMITHBURG...AND NEW 

MILTON VICINITY OF DODDRIDGE COUNTY.  THE HEAVY RAIN THEN 

SPILLED OVER INTO HARRISON COUNTY NEAR SALEM...BENSON...AND 

KINCHELOE.  LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OCCURRED IN THAT

REGION IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS.



RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS MAY STILL CAUSE WATER PROBLEMS AFTER 

7:15 AM.  THE MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK WILL GATHER MUCH OF THIS

RUNOFF...THEN FLOW THROUGH TYLER COUNTY.  MIDDLE ISLAND CREEK

WILL RUN HIGH THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

   

.END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

 

 

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