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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

440 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN DICKENSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT...



* AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ONE TO

  TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR IN THE VICINITY OF

  THE POUND RIVER.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS

  EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS...WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH

  FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.  



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE JOHN FLANNAGAN LAKE...

  HAYSI AND BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS

IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD

TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY

FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY

AND SEEK 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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