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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

943 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT...



* AT 940 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL

  COUNTYWIDE.  SPOTTERS ARE REPORTING BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF

  RAINFALL SINCE 5 AM.  WHITE STICK CREEK NEAR MABSCOTT WAS

  FLOODING...AND WATER WAS REPORTED ON SEVERAL ROADS IN THE COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE BECKLEY...MABSCOTT AND

  SOPHIA.



<<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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