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WGUS71 KRLX 100247

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KYC089-100315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1042 PM EDT WED JUL 9 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GREENUP COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO

EXPIRE...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY 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 HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



AT 958 PM EDT...THE GREENUP COUNTY WARNING POINT REPORTED A FUNERAL 

HOME IN SOUTH SHORE WAS FLOODED AND SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES WERE 

BEING THREATENED.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED...LIGHT RAINS WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGH 11:30 PM.  STREAMS AND SMALL CREEKS WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE BUT 

COULD STILL BE HAZARDOUS.



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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