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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

213 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008



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MARION WV-

213 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR

MARION COUNTY...



AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MORE SHOWERS MOVING TOWARD MARION COUNTY FROM THE WEST.  THESE 

SHOWERS ALONG WITH RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL MAY STILL AGGRAVATE 

SATURATED AREAS AND SWOLLEN STREAMS.  THIS INCLUDES THE BINGAMON 

CREEK AND GLADE RUN BASINS.  THE ONGOING WARNING MAY BE EXPANDED 

LATER THIS AFTERNOON.



RESIDENTS OF WORTHINGTON AND VICINITY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AS FLOODING CONTINUES IN THAT AREA.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



IN ADDITION...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT 

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN MARYLAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND 

NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.



LAT...LON 3942 8027 3943 8031 3948 8034 3956 8009

      3953 8005 3951 8004 3949 8001 3948 8002

      3940 8023 3940 8024

TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 251DEG 52KT 4000 7795



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