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WGUS71 KILN 312103

FFSILN

KYZ100-312200-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

500 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2001



...THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN LEWIS

COUNTY...



AT 455 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM

OVER EASTERN LEWIS COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 10 MPH. THE

THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...BETWEEN ONE AND

TWO INCHES PER HOUR.  THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER

ON ROADWAYS AND RAPID RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.



PERSONS ACROSS EASTERN LEWIS COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE TOWNS OF

VANCEBURG AND KINNICONICK...SHOULD BE AWARE FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING

PROBLEMS.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON

THIS STORM.



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