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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

508 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DODDRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  TYLER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 715 AM EDT...



* AT 5 OCLOCK...LOCALIZED RAINS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN.

  MORE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ARE LIKELY THROUGH DAWN...BEFORE

  DIMINISHING. SMALL STREAMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER SECTIONS OF 

  SECONDARY ROADS.    



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WEST UNION...

   KINCHELOE...AND JOSEPHS MILLS.



<<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.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW

YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE 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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