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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

1248 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RALEIGH COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 345 PM EDT...



* AT 1240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY   

HEAVY RAIN OVER CRAB ORCHARD...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO RALEIGH COUNTY FROM THE WEST.  

STREAMS...AT ALREADY HIGH LEVELS...WILL COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS 

WHERE HEAVY RAINS OCCUR.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE



  BECKLEY...SOPHIA...RHODELL...LESTER...PROSPERITY



<<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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