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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1037 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TAYLOR COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 100 AM EDT...



* AT 1034 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY   

HEAVY RAIN OVER TAYLOR COUNTY.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE

  GRAFTON...

  MCGEE...

  TAPPAN...



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL CEASE BY MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER SOME 

LINGERING SHOWERS WILL STILL OCCUR DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE 

COUNTY IN REGARDS TO STREAMS AT BANKFULL AND CLOSED ROADS.  EVEN 

THOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...RISES IN WATER LEVEL ALONG STREAMS AND 

CREEKS MAY STILL OCCUR...FURTHER PROLONGING PROBLEMS.   



<<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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