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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1028 PM EDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 230 AM EDT...



* RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL AND MORE SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT

  SEVERAL HOURS WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR FLASH

  FLOODING. RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IN AN HOUR OR LESS

  WILL LIKELY BEGIN FLASH FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WAYNE...HAMLIN...BEECH

  FORK STATE PARK...YATESVILLE LAKE STATE PARK...LOUISA AND BLAINE.



<<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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