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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

629 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 930 AM EDT...



* AT 629 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TRAINING

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PERSISTENT RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF BOONE

  COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  FLOODING 

  HAS OCCURRED ALONG ROADS IN THE MEADOW FORK...HEWETT AND 

  GREENVIEW AREAS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS

  OVER BOONE COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH

  PER HOUR WILL OCCUR IN SOME PORTIONS OF BOONE COUNTY EARLY THIS

  MORNING. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE MADISON.



<<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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