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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

130 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST POCAHONTAS COUNTY 

EXPIRED BUT THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM...



THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS SUBSIDED FOR THE TIME BEING AND CREEKS AND 

STREAMS ARE RECEDING IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY.  THEY WILL BE RECEDING 

GRADUALLY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.  



CAMPERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND NOT GET TOO CLOSE TO 

STREAMS AND CREEKS.  THE WET GROUND WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS 

WITH THE THREAT OF BANK SIDES SLIDING INTO THE WATER.  MOTORISTS 

SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS MUD SLIDES WILL BE 

COMMON AND PORTIONS OF ROAD WAYS MAY BE WASHED OUT.  DO NOT TRY TO 

DRIVE THROUGH WATER.  HIDDEN WASH OUTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS 

CONDITIONS.



WHILE THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS SUBSIDED FOR THE TIME BEING...A 

WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN 

COULD REDEVELOP AT ANY TIME.  WITH THE GROUND SOAKED AND STREAMS 

HIGH...EVEN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL CREATE PROBLEMS 

AGAIN.

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