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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

528 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2008



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TUCKER WV-

528 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR

TUCKER COUNTY...



AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINS HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA. 

HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR FLOODING HAS NOT ENDED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELK AND 

BLACKWATER FALLS...AND BLACKBIRD KNOB TRAIL NEAR THE RED CREEK CAMP 

GROUNDS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



LAT...LON 3897 7941 3896 7946 3897 7947 3897 7952

      3898 7958 3912 7959 3915 7932 3910 7934

      3909 7931 3907 7929 3898 7933 3896 7935

      3896 7938



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