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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

355 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY EXTENDED TO 7 PM THIS EVENING...

 

THE FLOOD WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 7 PM THIS 

SUNDAY EVENING. SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS CONTINUE TO RISE AND 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS CONTINUING.  THESE STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL 

BEGIN TO SLOWLY RECEDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...MORE HEAVY 

RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUS...A FLASH 

FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THOUGH 10 PM THIS SUNDAY EVENING. 





<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING 

WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT.



.END/JMV

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