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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1034 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...

  WYOMING COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 130 AM EDT...



* AT 1032 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN OVER PINEVILLE...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF          

  PINEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN INCLUDE...

  HELEN....

  MABEN...

  MULLENS...



BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATER ESPECIALLY IN STREAMS AND CREEKS 

WITH DEBRIS LEFTOVER FROM THE RECENT FLOODS.  DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED OVER ONE AND HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN ALREADY IN PORTIONS OF 

SOUTHERN RALEIGH COUNTY AND NORTHERN WYOMING COUNTY.      



<<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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