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WGUS71 KRLX 080147

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WVC067-101-080200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

948 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2002



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

WARNINGS WERE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  



IN NICHOLAS COUNTY...ROUTE 39 WAS FLOODED NEAR JERRYS FORK...AND 

ROUTES 41 AND 55 WERE FLOODED WHERE THEY INTERSECT AT PARSINGER.  

NUMEROUS OTHER HIGH WATER SIGNS WERE POSTED.  IN WEBSTER 

COUNTY...WILLIAMS RIVER WAS FLOODED IN ITS LOW SPOT...AND SOME ROADS 

BLOCKED DUE TO FLOODING...OR DEBRIS FROM MIDSLIDES.



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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