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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

830 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST 

VIRGINIA...SOUTHEAST OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST 

VIRGINIA THROUGH THURSDAY.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON 

AND EVENING.  MANY AREAS RECEIVED BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH MANY 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR OBSERVED OR ESTIMATED 

BY RADAR.  HOWEVER...THE AREAL COVERAGE OF THE HEAVIEST RAINS WITH 

THESE STORMS WAS SMALL SO NO REPORTS OF FLOODING WERE RECEIVED.  

LOCALIZED PROBLEMS OF WATER POURING OFF HILL SIDES ACROSS ROADWAYS 

WERE REPORTED.



THESE RAINS HAVE SERVED TO SOAK THE GROUND IN MANY AREAS.  THIS WILL 

PROVIDE POTENTIAL CONDITIONS FOR FLOODING IF SLOW MOVING 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN IN THESE LOCATIONS AGAIN.



THE MOST FAVORABLE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLOODING 

PROBLEMS WILL BE TUESDAY AS A FRONT PUSHES SOUTH INTO THE REGION.  

THIS FRONT MAY SERVE AS A MECHANISM TO FOCUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY 

OVER CERTAIN AREAS BRINGING ABOUT ACCUMULATING RAIN.  



HOWEVER...THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF ANY STORMS WHICH DO DEVELOP 

DURING THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN REGIONS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN 

THIS AFTERNOON..COULD CREATE SOME PROBLEMS OVER NIGHT.  THUS THE 

WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.



<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF 

SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 

THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE 

WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND 

FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.



.END AAR

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