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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

645 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT...



* AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TRAINING

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CHARLESTON...MOVING 

  EAST AT 20 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE NITRO AND HAMLIN.



<<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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