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FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1243 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT...



* AT 1243 PM 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 PINEVILLE.



<<CALL TO ACTION>> EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH

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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LAT...LON 3741 8128 3801 8078 3825 8123 3798 8136

          3784 8094 3750 8122 3778 8147 3776 8175

          3770 8171 3766 8180 3755 8186 3749 8173

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