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OHZ066-067-102215-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

540 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PERRY COUNTY UNTIL 615 

PM...AND FOR MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES LOCALLY AROUND THREE INCHES 

RAINFALL IN SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF PERRY COUNTY...AND NORTHERN 

PORTIONS OF MORGAN COUNTY.  THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF FLOODING 

PROBLEMS AS OF 530 PM.



RADAR INDICATES THAT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND 

THE AREA CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST.  A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS 

JUST WEST OF SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY...THE PART OF THE COUNTY THAT 

ALREADY HAS RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL.



PONDING ON ROADWAYS...ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR 

DRAINAGE AREAS...AND NEAR SWOLLEN SMALL STREAMS...REMAINS A 

POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY.



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

OR UPDATES.



--- 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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