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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

900 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2001



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



THE RAINS HAVE TEMPORARILY SLACKENED OVER MOST OF THE REGION THIS 

EVENING.  RAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WERE LOCALLY HEAVY 

OVER NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WEST 

VIRGINIA...DROPPING A TOTAL OF BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF WATER IN 

SOME LOCATIONS.  AGAIN...HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY 

EVENING HAVE NOT BEEN WIDESPREAD AND NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE 

BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THESE 

RAINS...HOWEVER...HAVE SERVED TO PRIME MANY AREAS FOR FLOODING 

PROBLEMS LATER TONIGHT. 



A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF ILLINOIS THIS EVENING 

WILL INCREASE THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE RAINS OVERNIGHT.  

THE TIME WHEN THESE MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS WITH FLOODING 

POTENTIAL ARE LIKELY TO FIRST IMPACT THE REGION IS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 

AM AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO MID MORNING. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 

2 INCHES AN HOUR...ESPECIALLY IN THUNDERSTORMS...AND TOTAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.    



<<< 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.



.END/JMV

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