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KYC019-043-089-OHC009-053-079-087-105-115-127-163-167-WVC017-033-035-

053-073-085-091-095-105-107-061900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

115 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2002



A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS POSTED FOR PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...

UNTIL 3:30 PM...FOR MINOR STREAM OVERFLOW.



OTHERWISE...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...

PLUS...GREENUP...CARTER...AND BOYD COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...PLUS

MASON...JACKSON...WOOD...PLEASANTS...TYLER...WIRT...RITCHIE... 

DODDRIDGE...HARRISON...AND TAYLOR COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA.



OVER THE WATCH AREA...RAIN OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...TO 1.5 

INCHES HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN DAWN THIS MORNING...AND 1 OCLOCK THIS 

AFTERNOON. RAIN RATES HAVE NOT BEEN TORRENTIAL.  MATTER OF FACT...AS 

OF 1 OCLOCK...THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE DROPPING SOUTHEAST...OUT OF 

THE WATCH AREA. YET...SINCE PERRY COUNTY WAS WETTER FROM PREVIOUS 

RAINS...SOME MINOR PROBLEMS HAVE DEVELOPED THERE.



ELSEWHERE IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA...SOME STREAMS WERE NEAR BANKFULL.



RAINS WILL DIMINISH BETWEEN 2 AND 4 OCLOCK IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

AND SOUTHEAST OHIO...THEN REACH THE PARKERSBURG TO CLARKSBURG 

AROUND 4 OR 5 OCLOCK.



BEFORE THEN...SOME MINOR PROBLEMS MAY STILL DEVELOP ELSEWHERE IN THE 

WATCH AREA.  USE COMMON SENSE...DO NOT CROSS LOW WATER BRIDGES...IF 

THE SWOLLEN STREAM IS FLOWING OVER THE BRIDGE.   



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