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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

115 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003



...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR DICKENSON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES IS BEING 

   ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL HAD ENDED 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME 

MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS 

ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



MOTORIST SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE CAUTIOUS AS SOME ROCK SLIDES HAVE 

BEEN REPORTED. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED...MUD SLIDES CONTINUE TO BE 

A POSSIBILITY AS WELL. 



--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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