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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1133 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RALEIGH AND WYOMING COUNTIES 

UNTIL 130 AM...



AT 1120 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING IN THE COMMUNITY OF 

HELEN WITH STREAMS OUT OF THERE BANKS AND WATER ALONG ROADS.  ALSO 

REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG ROUTE 54 SOUTH OF THE 

CITY OF MABEN IN WYOMING COUNTY.  



THE SHOWERS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE ALMOST DEPARTED RALEIGH 

COUNTY AND THE HEAVY RAINS ARE NOW SITUATED IN WYOMING 

COUNTY...SPECIFICALLY IN THE HERNDON AND COVEL AREAS.  DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATES UPWARDS OF TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR.  THESE 

SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON...HOWEVER WITH 

A CONTINUED SLOW MOVEMENT...HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL A CONCERN.         



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

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH

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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