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FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1158 AM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT...



* AT 1158 AM EDT...HEAVY RAINS ARE COMING TO AN END OVER THE 

AREA...BUT WIDESPREAD FLOODING WHICH HAS BEEN REPORTED WILL CONTINUE 

OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THERE IS ALSO THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS 

REDEVELOPING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL SERVE TO AGGRAVATE AN 

ALREADY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE MADISON.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



<<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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