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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

537 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM 

EDT...



AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THAT CAUSED THE FLOODING AROUND OAK HILL HAD 

MOVED SOUTHEAST AND WEAKENED.  HOWEVER...SEVERAL ROADS ARE STILL 

UNDER WATER IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF OAK HILL...WHIPPLE AND 

SCARBRO.   



EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE WARNING AREA...

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE WATER PROBLEMS FOR 

THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 

 

--CALL TO ACTION-- EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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

LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.



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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