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WGUS71 KRLX 082303

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WVZ036-090500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

654 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY EXTENDED TO 1 AM TONIGHT...

 

ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAD ENDED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...RIVERS ALONG WITH 

MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS CONTINUE TO RISE AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS 

CONTINUING.  MORE HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING AND 

TONIGHT WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. 



<<CALL TO ACTION>> EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT 

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT 

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.



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LAT...LON 3798 8138 3790 8118 3783 8101 3785 8088

          3788 8077 3803 8080 3825 8123



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