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WGUS71 KPBZ 041219

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OHC013-041245-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

650 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2003





...FLASH FLOOD UPDATE FOR BELMONT COUNTY OHIO...





THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BELMONT COUNTY OHIO HAS EXPIRED. 

BELMONT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT THE ICE ON 

MCMAHON AND WHEELING CREEKS HAS FLOWED INTO THE OHIO RIVER...AND 

THESE CREEKS ARE RUNNING WITHIN THEIR BANKS.   



NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLOOD WATCH FOR 

BELMONT COUNTY OHIO...AS OTHER CREEKS IN THIS COUNTY REMAIN LADEN 

WITH ICE...FOR EXAMPLE CAPTINA CREEK THAT EMPTIES INTO THE OHIO 

RIVER NEAR POWHATAN POINT. BEWARE OF ICE JAMMING...THAT CAN CAUSE A 

FAST RISE IN RIVER LEVELS TODAY...AND POSSIBLE FLOODING.



THE FLOOD WATCH ALSO CONTINUES FOR NEIGHBORING MONROE COUNTY OHIO... 

AND MARSHALL AND OHIO COUNTIES WEST VIRGINIA. 





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