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WGUS71 KRLX 080118

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WVC039-079-080130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

915 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2002



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNINGS ARE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  IN KANAWHA COUNTY...FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED IN THE SISSONVILLE AREA...AS WELL AS NITRO...CAMPBELLS 

CREEK AND FIVE-MILE HOLLOW.  NOTHING MORE THAN NUISANCE FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED IN PUTNAM COUNTY.



WHILE NUISANCE FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE MAY PERSIST FOR A 

WHILE THIS EVENING...NO MAJOR NEW PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.



--- CALL TO ACTION --- BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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