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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

755 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DICKENSON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT...



* AT 755 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TRAINING

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PERSISTENT RAINFALL RAIN OVER DICKENSON

  COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A TRAINED WEATHER

  SPOTTER REPORTED STREAMS NEAR BANKFULL IN THE CLINTWOOD AREA. UP

  TO AN INCH AND A QUARTER OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR IN

  DICKENSON COUNTY.  



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

  HAYSI.



<<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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