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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

705 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR POCAHONTAS COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM 

AND RANDOLPH COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM...



AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN BETWEEN MARLINTON AND DURBIN AND WEST TOWARD VALLEY HEAD.  THE 

AREA OF RAIN WAS SLOWLY MOVING NORTH AND EAST AT 20 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AROUND 

CHEAT BRIDGE AND SOUTHEAST OF SNOWSHOE.  AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE ON 

WARE RIDGE REPORTED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR.

 

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...CASS SCENIC 

RAILROAD...DURBIN...GREENBANK...HUTTONSVILLE...AND SNOWSHOE.



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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