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BULLETIN 

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

344 AM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN...

  NORTHEASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 645 AM EDT...



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

  AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS CAUSING RAPID RISES.  FLOODING HAS BEEN 

  REPORTED IN THE CLENDENIN AREA.

 

* SCATTERED MODERATE RAINFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA

  EARLY THIS MORNING...PROLONGING FLOODING THAT HAS OCCURRED.



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<<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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