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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1007 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL NOON EDT...



* AT 1004 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 

  TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA SINCE EARLY

  THIS MORNING.  MANY STREAMS WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND FLOODING

  PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED IN MONTGOMERY...RAND...AND OTHER LOCATIONS.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE MADISON AND MONTGOMERY.



<<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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LAT...LON 3786 8161 3796 8156 3800 8141 3813 8135

          3826 8125 3849 8130 3853 8121 3852 8130

          3831 8148 3817 8160 3813 8196 3799 8197

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