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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

320 PM EST WED JAN 23 2002



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL 330 PM EST 

THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN WEST VIRGINIA...



  MCDOWELL



IN VIRGINIA...



  BUCHANAN        DICKENSON



HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THESE COUNTIES COMBINED WITH SNOWMELT TO RESULT 

IN STREAMS RISING TO NEAR BANKFULL LEVELS THIS MORNING.  BUT MOST OF 

THESE STREAMS HAVE CRESTED OR HAVE EVEN STARTED TO FALL.



ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT.  

THIS FEATURE WILL INTERACT WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND AN APPROACHING 

COLD FRONT TO RESULT IN A GOOD CHANCE OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LATE 

TONIGHT INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON THURSDAY.  THE RAINFALL SHOULD 

FIRST DEVELOP OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THEN 

SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION BEFORE SUNRISE.



THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN SHOULD END THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD 

FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO ONE AND A 

HALF INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO THE 

AFTERNOON HOURS THURSDAY.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH 

SATURATED GROUND...MAY LEAD TO FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE WATCH 

AREA.  



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

OR UPDATES.

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