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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

708 PM EDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  NICHOLAS COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...



* AT 708 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED

  TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

  THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF CLAY TO 

  BIRCH RIVER IN NORTHERN NICHOLAS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 

  25 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE SUMMERSVILLE...  

  RICHWOOD...INDEPENDENCE AND BICKMORE.



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

OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN

AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW

SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING

STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP

TO 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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LAT...LON 3808 8071 3826 8046 3839 8066 3851 8069

          3856 8079 3851 8087 3866 8103 3848 8127

          3826 8123 3821 8107 3824 8105 3823 8099

          3819 8093 3811 8089

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