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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

835 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MCDOWELL COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE UP IN THE WARM AND HUMID 

ATMOSPHERE.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN MCDOWELL COUNTY...WHILE AMOUNTS LOWER TO 

AROUND AN INCH OVER WESTERN SECTIONS.  THE BULK OF MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN HAS SHIFTED TO THE WEST...HOWEVER MORE IS DEVELOPING ACROSS 

WYOMING COUNTY AND CURRENT STORM MOTION HAS THEM AIMING FOR MCDOWELL 

COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THESE CELLS SHOULD BE LESS 

THAN A HALF AN INCH...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.  



NO REPORTS OF FLOODING OTHER THAN NORMAL LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE 

AREAS HAS BEEN RECEIVED.  



--- CALL TO ACTION --- DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.

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