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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

703 PM EDT THU MAY 2 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUCHANAN AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES

UNTIL 745 PM EDT...



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...GRUNDY...HURLY AND 

WELCH.



SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES IN BUCHANAN AND MCDOWELL COUNTIES.  

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING NEAR THE TUG FORK RIVER IN WELCH...THE RIVER 

GAUGE AT WELCH WAS SEVEN AND ONE HALF FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.



IN BUCHANAN COUNTY...PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED ON ROOFS...NECESSITATING 

HELICOPTER RESCUE.



HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WILL CAUSE FURTHER 

FLOODING PROBLEMS.  THE HEAVIEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS 

BUCHANAN COUNTY.  THESE STORMS MAY NECESSITATE EXTENDING THIS FLOOD 

WARNING BEYOND 745 PM.



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

LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  IT IS 

ESPECIALLY HARD AT NIGHT TO DETERMINE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER.  ALSO 

REMEMBER THAT THERE IS TREMENDOUS FORCE ASSOCIATED WITH RUNNING 

WATER.



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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