Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Charleston, WV

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT/RIVER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1215 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

...WATER LEVELS RUNNING HIGH ON THE LITTLE SANDY RIVER.....

RAIN AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN AN INCH TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE LITTLE
SANDY BASIN.  THESE RAIN AMOUNTS COUPLED WITH THE SATURATED GROUND HAVE
LET MOST OF THE WATER RUNOFF INTO THE STREAMS AND INTO THE LITTLE SANDY
RIVER.

WATER LEVELS ON THE LITTLE SANDY AT LEON AND GRAYSON WERE RUNNING NEAR
BANKFULL AT THIS TIME.  THE LITTLE SANDY AT GRAYSON IS EXPECTED
TO CREST AROUND THE FLOOD STAGE OF 21 FEET DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON
FRIDAY.  BACKWATER AFFECTS ON STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT FEED INTO THE
LITTLE SANDY MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

PERSONS ALONG THE LITTLE SANDY RIVER IN KENTUCKY SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WATER LEVELS.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAYS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

END/SIKORA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
104 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST VIRGINIA...AND LAWRENCE...JOHNSON AND
MARTIN COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY AND
WEST VIRGINIA AT THIS TIME.  MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE CONDITIONS
FAVORABLE FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER MAY REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON
...BUT IT IS NOT CERTAIN AT THIS TIME.

YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS
CLOSELY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.  LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS
WILL UPDATE THE PROGRESS OF THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

REYNOLDS