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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

633 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WEBSTER COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM

EDT...



AT 630 PM...RADAR INDICATES THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS 

WEBSTER COUNTY.  COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT THAT FLOOD WATERS ARE 

RECEDING.  THE ELK RIVER IS RECEDING...AND THE GAULEY WILL LIKELY 

CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT CAMDEN.  HOWEVER...AREAS OF STANDING 

WATER AND FLOODED ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH AT 

LEAST 730 PM.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.



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LAT...LON 3855 8019 3840 8025 3835 8032 3833 8036

          3824 8037 3836 8063 3852 8068 3873 8042

          3868 8029

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