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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

828 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001





...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TIL 400 PM EDT TODAY...





SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA 

AT 825 AM EDT...NAMELY MONROE...NOBLE AND BELMONT COUNTIES IN 

EAST CENTRAL OHIO  AND WETZEL...MARION AND MONONGALIA COUNTIES IN

NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE

EAST AND NORTHEASTWARD DURING THE MORNING INTO THE REMAINDER OF

THE WATCH COUNTY AREA.



SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FROM ONE TO TWO

INCHES OF RAINFALL IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS. ALSO PONDING OF WATER ON

ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SEEMS A GOOD BET.

ALSO THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING

STRIKES AND POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR SO.



ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAVEL THIS MORNING. 



 

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