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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

239 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 500 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN WEST VIRGINIA...



  BARBOUR         BOONE           BRAXTON         CABELL

  CALHOUN         CLAY            DODDRIDGE       FAYETTE

  GILMER          HARRISON        JACKSON         KANAWHA

  LEWIS           LINCOLN         LOGAN           MASON

  MCDOWELL        MINGO           NICHOLAS        PLEASANTS

  POCAHONTAS      PUTNAM          RALEIGH         RANDOLPH

  RITCHIE         ROANE           TAYLOR          TYLER

  UPSHUR          WAYNE           WEBSTER         WIRT

  WOOD            WYOMING



IN KENTUCKY...



  BOYD            CARTER          GREENUP         LAWRENCE



IN OHIO...



  ATHENS          GALLIA          JACKSON         LAWRENCE

  MEIGS           MORGAN          PERRY           VINTON

  WASHINGTON



IN VIRGINIA...



  BUCHANAN        DICKENSON





A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF INDIANA THIS MORNING 

WILL INCREASE THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THE RAINS TODAY.   

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR...ESPECIALLY IN 

THUNDERSTORMS...AND TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE.    



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS

OR UPDATES.



<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE

AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...AVOID LOW LYING 

AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS.



<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.

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