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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

217 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA...



* UNTIL 515 PM EDT...



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING

  ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY.  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 

  INCHES IN AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME PLACES DURING THE 

  AFTERNOON CAUSING SOME SMALL STREAMS TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.



* PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE ARE AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64.



<<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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