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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

340 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2003



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN WEST VIRGINIA...



  BARBOUR         BRAXTON         FAYETTE         HARRISON

  LEWIS           NICHOLAS        POCAHONTAS      RALEIGH

  RANDOLPH        TAYLOR          UPSHUR          WEBSTER



REMNANTS OF HURRICANE ISABEL WILL BRING HEAVY RAINS TO THE MOUNTAINS 

OF WEST VIRGINIA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINA 

TONIGHT.  THE WINDOW OF RAINFALL REMAINS FAIRLY SHORT...STARTING 

LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ENDING FRIDAY MORNING...PERIOD OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL IS FORECAST BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN FRIDAY.  RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...THUS RAPID RISES 

OF STREAMS AND CREEK...NOT TO MENTION RIVERS MAY HAPPEN.  



PEOPLE LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS IN THE WATCH AREA...SHOULD 

TAKE ADVANCED ACTION...FOR INSTANCE...MOVING ANY LIVESTOCK...OR 

OTHER ITEMS FROM LOW LYING AREAS.



--- CALL TO ACTION --- PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE

AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...AVOID LOW LYING

AREAS...AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.



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