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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

921 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR 

   WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO...



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL IN WASHINGTON 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND MARIETTA. RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 2 INCHES 

IN THE LAST HOUR. HEAVY RAINS EARLIER IN BELPRE HAVE REPORTEDLY 

WASHED OUT PART OF ROUTE 618. MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE  

EXTREME CAUTION AS WATER OR DEBRIS COULD STILL BE ACROSS 

ROADWAYS...OR ROADWAYS COULD BE WASHED OUT. 



--CALL TO ACTION-- BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH 

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE 

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER 

BEGINS RISING.



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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