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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1130 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING AND WATCH UPDATE...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING A FLASH FLOOD WARNING

FOR TUCKER AND PRESTON COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA 

MOUNTAINS UNTIL 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON.



SEVERAL STREAMS IN TUCKER AND PRESTON COUNTIES WILL REMAIN OUT OF 

THEIR BANKS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THERE CAN BE SOME ADDITIONAL RAIN 

THAT CAN KEEP STREAMS FROM RECEDING UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. SOME 

LOCATIONS HAVE GOTTEN OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT. 

ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY...SOME 

LOCATIONS HAVE GOTTEN OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 

400 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING 6 COUNTIES.



IN WESTERN MARYLAND...GARRETT



IN EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...MARION...MONONGALIA...

PRESTON...TUCKER...AND WETZEL



GROUNDS REMAIN NEARLY SATURATED AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING HIGH FROM 

THE RECENT RAINS. BE ON THE WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING TO BEGIN THIS 

AFTERNOON...AS SOME ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THESE 

COUNTIES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 



<<< CALL TO ACTION >>> REMINDER...BE READY TO ACT IMMEDIATELY IF 

FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. DO 

NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IF THREATENING WATER LEVELS OCCUR.

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