000 WGUS71 KRLX 162141 FFSCRW VAZ003-004-WVZ015-016-018-024>040-046-047-162240- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 440 PM EST FRI FEB 16 2001 THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST VIRGINIA... BARBOUR... BOONE... BRAXTON... CALHOUN... CLAY... FAYETTE... GILMER... HARRISON... KANAWHA... LEWIS... LOGAN... MCDOWELL... MINGO... NICHOLAS... POCAHONTAS... RALEIGH... RANDOLPH... ROANE... TAYLOR... UPSHUR... WEBSTER... WYOMING... IN VIRGINIA... BUCHANAN... DICKENSON... RAIN WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT...THE COMBINATION OF WHAT HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...AND WHAT WILL FALL TONIGHT...WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS OVERNIGHT. WHILE SOME RIVERS ACROSS THE NORTH WERE RUNNING HIGH THIS AFTERNOON...MOST HAD CRESTED AND NONE ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 3/4 BANKFULL. THE FLOOD WATCH IS THUS CANCELED. SMALLER STREAMS HERE AND THERE MAY APPROACH BANKFULL...BUT NOTHING MORE THAN SCATTERED MIrNOR FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT. DRY WEATHER IS ON TAP FOR THE WEEKEND. .END/ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV