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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

334 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2001





THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MASON COUNTY IN WEST 

VIRGINIA UNTIL 345 AM HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  NO REPORTS OF 

FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. EARLIER HEAVY RAINS HAVE DECREASED INTO 

MAINLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM 

THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

STILL A POSSIBILITY THROUGH MID MORNING.



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

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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