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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

642 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003



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

NORTHERN WOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...



AT 638 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER RUNOFF INTO 

AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUES.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 2 AND 

3 INCHES WERE OBSERVED NEAR THE OHIO RIVER IN WASHINGTON AND WOOD 

COUNTIES. 



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...BELPRE...MARIETTA...

BOAZ...NORTH HILLS...VIENNA...WILLIAMSTOWN AND FLEMING.



AT 638 PM EDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING ON WORTHINGTON 

CREEK SOUTH OF WILLIAMSTOWN.  ADDITIONALLY...POLICE IN WILLIAMSTOWN

REPORTED FLOODING ON BRISCOE RUN NEAR CENTRAL...NORTH OF VIENNA.



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

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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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