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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

401 AM EDT MON AUG 13 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DICKENSON COUNTY UNTIL 5:15 

AM...

 

THE GOOD NEWS IS...AT 4 OCLOCK...THE RAINS WERE MOVING EAST AND 

DIMINISHING IN DICKENSON COUNTY.  SOME DOWNPOURS WERE STILL

OCCURRING ALONG ROUTE 80 IN THE BIRCHLEAF AND BEE VICINITY. 



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE COUNTY SHERIFF AND THE COOPERATIVE 

WEATHER OBSERVER IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...NEAR 

CLINTWOOD AND DARWIN.  RADAR ESTIMATED THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL ALONG 

THE WISE COUNTY BORDER...AFFECTING SUCH STREAMS AS GEORGES 

FORK...LICK FORK...ALLEYS CREEK...AND LONG FORK.  ROUTE 72 AND 83

CROSS THIS REGION.



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER...FLOWING ACROSS ROADS.  



THE HEADWATER SMALL STREAMS AND RUNS SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE 

BY 5 OCLOCK IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.

SOME OF THE LARGER STREAMS MAY STILL BE IN CREST THEN.   



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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LAT...LON 3716 8256 3712 8254 3706 8249 3703 8249

          3701 8244 3706 8214 3724 8225



 

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