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FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

932 AM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT...



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

  LARGER AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS...SUCH AS POND FORK AND SPRUCE 

  FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG TRIBUTARIES OF THE LITTLE COAL RIVER.

  SOME VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS HAVE OCCURRED ALONG SPRUCE FORK.



.SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE VAN AND JEFFREY.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE 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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LAT...LON 3778 8156 3794 8157 3798 8147 3811 8153

          3818 8165 3822 8165 3823 8172 3814 8193

          3805 8196 3803 8191 3801 8196 3797 8195

          3794 8179 3787 8177

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