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FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

952 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE  



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDOWELL COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT...



* AT 952 PM EDT...EXTENSIVE FLOODING CONTINUES.  ALTHOUGH STREAMS 

AND CREEKS WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE...ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT AND 

AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES 

OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 



<<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>> BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH

FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE

FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER

BEGINS RISING.



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 3747 8195 3725 8172 3731 8142 3754 8131

          3777 8146 3776 8163



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