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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

939 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WIRT COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT...



* AT 926 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER NORTHEASTERN WIRT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST    

  OF ELIZABETH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  EVEN THOUGH HEAVY RAIN 

  MAY NOT HAVE OCCURRED IN YOUR AREA...RUNOFF FROM RITCHIE COUNTY    

  WILL FLOW INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR     

  INDICATES OVER TWO INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN ACROSS AREAS 

  TO THE NORTH...WITH MORE ON THE WAY.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE...THE GOOSE CREEK AREA AND      

  FREEPORT.   



<<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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