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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1145 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 2003



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

   EXPIRE...



SMALLER STREAMS WERE RECEDING ACROSS WEBSTER COUNTY LATE THIS 

EVENING WITH WATER PROBLEMS SUBSIDING. LARGER STREAMS ARE NEAR 

CREST...WITH SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS AND ROADWAYS STILL UNDER WATER. 

THE WATERS WILL BEGIN RECEDING ALONG LARGER STREAMS...AND THEREFORE 

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 



MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AS ROADWAYS 

COULD STILL BE UNDER WATER OR WASHED OUT. DEBRIS COULD ALSO REMAIN 

ON SOME ROADWAYS.



--CALL TO ACTION-- BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER 

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE 

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE 

WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 



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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