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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

853 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR POCAHONTAS AND SOUTHERN 

RANDOLPH COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM EDT...



AT 8:53 PM HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONCENTRATED OVER THE SOUTHERN 

HALF OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY.  ELSEWHERE...RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF 

RANDOLPH COUNTY AND DECREASED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN POCAHONTAS 

COUNTY.  RAIN GAUGES REPORT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 7 PM AND 

8:30 PM AROUND THE VALLEY HEAD AREA OF SOUTHERN RANDOLPH 

COUNTY...WHILE RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

PARTS OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY BETWEEN 7 PM AND 8:30 PM. THESE AREAS 

RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY EVENING...AND THE RUNOFF FROM THESE 

ADDITIONAL RAINS HAVE PROMPTED THE CONTINUANCE OF THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING UNTIL 9:45 PM.       







--CALL TO ACTION-- EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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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