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WVZ014-130515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1215 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PUTNAM COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL HAD ENDED 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING.  

WATER WAS REPORTED EITHER NO LONGER RISING...OR ACTUALLY STARTING TO 

RECEDE OFF OF ROADS AND OUT OF HOMES.  WATER SHOULD RECEDE OVER THE 

NEXT FEW HOURS.



EARLIER...THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS 

OUT OF THEIR BANKS...ROADS...HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN FLOOD...AND 

ONGOING RESCUE OPERATIONS.  TACKETT BRANCH FLOODED THE ROAD OF THE 

SAME NAME...AND WASHINGTON AVENUE IN HURRICANE WAS FLOODED.  MOST OF 

THE PROBLEMS WERE IN HURRICANE.  SOME FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT 

THE THREAT OF SERIOUS NEW FLOODING IS ENDING.  THUS...THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



--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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