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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

351 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ATHENS COUNTY IN OHIO...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN OHIO...

  VINTON COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT...



* AT 349 PM EDT...HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO THE 3 COUNTIES FROM

  THE WEST.  RAIN FALL RATES OF AN INCH IN LESS THAN HOUR ARE

  POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS.  



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE OAK HILL...

  NELSONVILLE...MCARTHUR...LAKE HOPE STATE PARK...JACKSON...ATHENS

  AND ALBANY.



<<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.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY

FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.



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

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



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