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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1100 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING

FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN WEST VIRGINIA...



  BARBOUR         BOONE           BRAXTON         CABELL

  CALHOUN         CLAY            DODDRIDGE       FAYETTE

  GILMER          HARRISON        JACKSON         KANAWHA

  LEWIS           LINCOLN         LOGAN           MASON

  MCDOWELL        MINGO           NICHOLAS        PLEASANTS

  POCAHONTAS      PUTNAM          RALEIGH         RANDOLPH

  RITCHIE         ROANE           TAYLOR          TYLER

  UPSHUR          WAYNE           WEBSTER         WIRT

  WOOD            WYOMING



IN KENTUCKY...



  BOYD            CARTER          GREENUP         LAWRENCE



IN OHIO...



  ATHENS          GALLIA          JACKSON         LAWRENCE

  MEIGS           MORGAN          PERRY           VINTON

  WASHINGTON



IN VIRGINIA...



  BUCHANAN        DICKENSON





SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING.  

THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE REGION BY THE EARLY 

AFTERNOON HOURS.



HOWEVER...DAYTIME HEATING WILL ACT TO DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS OVER 

THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.  THIS INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH AN 

UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.  



THE AIR REMAINS QUITE HUMID...AND ANY STORM THAT FORMS WILL BE 

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IF RAINS OF AROUND 2.5 

INCHES IN LESS THAN A 3 HOUR TIME SPAN...WOULD FALL...SMALL STREAM 

FLOODING COULD OCCUR.  A FEW AREAS RECEIVED HEAVY SHOWERS ON 

FRIDAY...SATURDAY AND THIS MORNING.  THOSE STREAMS WOULD RESPOND 

EVEN QUICKER...IF HIT AGAIN...BY A HEAVY SHOWER.

 

THE DEEP MOISTURE WILL LIKELY BE NUDGED TO OUR EAST OVERNIGHT 

TONIGHT....LOWERING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY MONDAY.



--- CALL TO ACTION --- A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF 

SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 

THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE 

WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND 

FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.



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

OR UPDATES.



.END / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / JSH

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