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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1248 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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JACKSON OH-
1248 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR
JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 1246 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN STILL FALLING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE
FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
JACKSON COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE REPORTING SOME ROAD CLOSURES FROM
FLOODING AND THIS LIST WILL ONLY GROW AS CREEKS RESPOND TO
RUNOFF.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON...OAK HILL...PETERSBURG AND MABEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...800 401 9535...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

YOU MAY ALSO REPORT HIGH WATER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

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LAT...LON 3917 8278 3917 8277 3919 8276 3900 8244
      3897 8244 3884 8262 3885 8265 3899 8280

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