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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

916 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RITCHIE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT...



* AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN 6 MILES SOUTH OF PULLMAN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF      

  HARRISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  HEAVY RAINFALL FROM A   

  CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TOWARDS RITCHIE     

  COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE     

  WESTERN AND EASTERN ENDS OF THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY FALLEN.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...HUGHES RIVER PUBLIC   

  HUNTING AREA...AND CISCO.  FURTHER EAST BE ON THE LOOKOUT          

  IN...GOFFS...AND HAZELGREEN.



<<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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