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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

553 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT...



* HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND RUNOFF IS REACHING

  AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS CAUSING RAPID RISES.



* SOME ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE EXTREMELY 

  CAREFUL THIS MORNING.



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

OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW

SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING

STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP

TO 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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