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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

950 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS TAYLOR COUNTY.    

MORE SPECIFIC...THE COMMUNITIES OF 

PRUNYTOWN...MCGEE...TAPPAN...HEPZIBAH...AND MEADLAND HAVE BEEN HIT 

THE HARDEST.  WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG ROUTE 50 IN PRUNYTOWN.



RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS STORMS MOVE EAST 

SOUTHEAST FROM THE NORTHWEST.  RADAR ESTIMATES CLOSE TO TWO AND A 

HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY.  

PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE RANGE STATED ABOVE IS ENOUGH TO PRODUCE 

FLASH FLOODING...SO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT AND DO NOT CROSS 

ROADWAYS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  ALSO STAY AWAY FROM STREAMS 

AND CREEKS DUE TO RAPID RISES WHICH ARE ANTICIPATED.  WITH THE 

GROUND NOW BEING SATURATED...REMAINDER OF THE RAINFALL WILL BE IN 

THE FORM OF RUNOFF.      



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.



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