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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

850 PM EDT THU AUG 23 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHERN 

RANDOLPH COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM EDT...



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREAS.  ONLY A FEW RAIN 

SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CALHOUN AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES THROUGH 10 

PM.  RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS MAY STILL CAUSE SOME 

FLOODING PROBLEMS.  NO FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THIS TIME.



--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.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

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



.END/CL

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