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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

940 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...



* AT 935 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WYOMING COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF

  ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN WERE SEEN...WITH UP TO

  ANOTHER INCH POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR.  THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE

  GUYANDOTTE RIVER.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...OCEANA AND PINEVILLE.



<<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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