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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

807 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...



* AT 804 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER GRAFTON...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAFTON...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS TAYLOR COUNTY OVER 

THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE TO ONE AND A 

HALF INCHES WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE 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.



<<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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