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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

353 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY...



A WARM FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT GIVING US THE 

ANOTHER BATCH OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS.  AS THIS 

APPROACHES...AREAL COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE.  

RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING ONE INCH IN AN HOUR IS POSSIBLE.  AFTER 

MIDNIGHT A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SWINGS THROUGH...ALSO THE 

SURFACE COLD FRONT DRAWS CLOSER...THUS HOURLY RAINFALL RATES 

INCREASE AND VALUES APPROACHING TWO INCHES COULD BE 

REALIZED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHEASTERN 

KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.  



WITH THE INTENSITY OF THE RAIN TO PICK UP AFTER DARK...A HEIGHTENED 

AWARENESS MUST BE TAKEN.  THREE HOURLY RAINFALL RATES GREATER THAN 2 

INCHES WILL BE ENOUGH TO BRING STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS.  ALSO BE EXTRA CAREFUL WHEN VENTURING OUT TONIGHT AND DONT 

CROSS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD...SINCE ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO GAUGE 

HOW DEEP THE WATER IS AT NIGHT.  AS ALWAYS...BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR 

RAPID RISES ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS.     



LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA HAVE SEEN 

LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL TODAY...MAINLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR 

LESS.  THEREFORE IT WILL TAKE SLIGHTLY LONGER FOR FLOODING TO OCCUR 

THAN ACROSS AREAS WHERE CONTINUOUS RAIN FELL TODAY.      



<<< 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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