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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1128 PM EDT SUN AUG 12 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PUTNAM COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM

EDT...



NUMEROUS HOUSES AND BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN FLOOD...MAINLY 

IN HURRICANE.  SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE REPORTED OUT OF 

THERE BANKS...IN THAT AREA...WITH SEVERAL ROADS INCLUDING WASHINGTON 

AVENUE IN FLOOD.  NUMEROUS RESCUES WERE IN PROGRESS...EVEN A DIVE 

TEAM HAD BEEN SENT TO THE AREA.



THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAINFALL IS OVER...BUT 

FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL PERSIST WELL THROUGH MIDNIGHT BEFORE WATERS 

RECEDE.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...WINFIELD...TEAYS

VALLEY...POCA...HURRICANE...ELEANOR...BUFFALO AND BANCROFT.



--CALL TO ACTION-- EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...

STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING

SPOTS.



--CALL TO ACTION-- BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER

BEGINS RISING.



--CALL TO ACTION-- STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE

LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.



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