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OHC013-059-081-111-121-WVC009-029-051-069-103-191800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1105 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003





FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR NOBLE...MONROE...BELMONT...AND JEFFERSON 

COUNTIES OHIO...AND FOR HANCOCK...BROOKE...OHIO...MARSHALL...AND 

WETZEL COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE CONTINUE 

UNTIL 12:45 PM. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GUERNSEY COUNTY OHIO 

CONTINUES UNTIL 1:00 PM. 



THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS FLOODED AND SMALL STREAMS 

OUT OF THEIR BANKS. IN WETZEL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA...STATE ROUTE 20 

WAS FLOODED NEAR READER. IN MARSHALL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA...LITTLE 

GRAVE CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS NEAR MOUNDSVILLE. IN MONROE COUNTY 

OHIO...STATE ROUTE 255 WAS FLOODED NEAR ANTIOCH IN GREENE TOWNSHIP.



RADAR SHOWED ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THESE 

COUNTIES NEAR THE OHIO RIVER UNTIL AROUND 1:00 PM. THIS WILL CAUSE 

ADDITIONAL AREAS TO GET FLOODING OF ROADS...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS... 

AND SMALL STREAMS. LOCATIONS GETTING MORE THAN 2 INCHES CAN HAVE 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING. 



WHEN FLOODING THREATENS...GO TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH 

FLOODING TO GET THERE. THE FAST CURRENT...LADEN WITH DEBRIS...CAN 

KNOCK YOU DOWN AND SWEEP YOU AWAY.



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