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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

830 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NICHOLAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...



* AT 819 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN FALLING NEAR AND WEST OF U.S. ROUTE 19. THUNDERSTORMS

  STRETCHED FROM NEAR BIRCH RIVER SOUTH TO THE SUMMERSVILLE LAKE

  AREA. THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



.SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF HEAVY RAINFALL INCLUDE...MUDDLETY...

 MORRIS...AND BIRCH RIVER.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS

IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD

TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY

FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY

AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



PLEASE REPORT HIGH WATER...HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.



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