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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1010 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON...



A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA LATE 

THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  WITH EXTREMELY MOIST AIR OVER THE 

REGION...EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH DOWNPOURS THAT MAY 

CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN 

HOUR...ESPECIALLY IN THUNDERSTORMS...AND TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 

TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE RAINS WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS 

AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY.     

   



<<< 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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