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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

335 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 630 AM EDT...



* AT 323 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF BOONE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES

  WEST OF MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO

  AN INCH AN HOUR OVER THE SATURATED GROUND WILL RESULT IN FLASH

  FLOODING OF AREA STREAMS...INCLUDING THE POND...WEST...AND SPRUCE

  LAUREL FORKS.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE MADISON.



<<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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