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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

918 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT...



* AT 918 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN NEAR ANSTED...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE.  THE

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT

  SLOWLY DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT IN THE  

  VICTOR AND RAMSEY AREAS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ONE 

  HOUR.



.SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS 

 INCLUDE...ANSTED...VICTOR...AND RAMSEY.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER

BEGINS RISING.



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

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



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